| Friday, December 13, 2024
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New and exciting activities in the
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
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Recent News from MacCenter Fellows
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WashU and lunar exploration go way back — even further than you think. On July 20, 1969, a group of WashU scientists gathered at the home of Robert M. Walker, then the McDonnell Professor of Physics, to watch Neil Armstrong step onto the Moon.
Three weeks later, Walker and a couple of colleagues traveled to Houston to collect Moon rocks and bring them back to the Danforth Campus. Lunar research at WashU exploded from there, attracting renowned scientists and establishing the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences in 1974.
But there's a prologue to the Moon story which started in 1955 with Patricia Bridges.
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Royal Astronomical Society Meeting
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Ryan Ogliore, Associate Professor of Physics, will be speaking at a Royal Astronomical Society Meeting on Astronomy and Geophysics Highlights in London today. His talk, "Sample Return Missions: Past, Present and Future" will discuss how laboratory analyses of objects from space have revolutionized our understanding of the Solar System and our place in it.
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Recent Publications by MCSS Fellows
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MCSS Postdoctoral Fellowship Opening
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MCSS is hiring a postdoctoral fellow in the broad field of space sciences. We welcome applicants with interests in Astromaterials, Cosmochemistry, or Meteoritics; Experimental, Theoretical, or Observational Astrophysics; Planetary Science; Particle and Nuclear Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation; and Earth as a Planet. In their application materials, the candidate should describe their research interests and list potential collaborators from among the faculty fellows of the MCSS.
Please share this opportunity with your research contacts and encourage qualified candidates to apply by December 20, 2024.
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FINESST: Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology
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FINESST solicits proposals from accredited U.S. universities and other eligible organizations for graduate student-designed and performed research projects that contribute to SMD's science, technology, and exploration goals.
Application Deadline: February 5, 2025
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| St. Louis Astronomical Society December Meeting
Robert Reeves, Lunar Photo of the Day
Friday, December 20
7:30pm, McDonnell 162
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