Friday, April 10, 2026

New and exciting activities in the
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences

Recent News From McDonnell Center Fellows

Margo Crothers receives 2026 Goldwater Scholarship

EEPS undergraduate Margo Crothers has been awarded a 2026 Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious award that honors students who conduct research in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.

She has worked in the lab of David Fike, where she has measured and analyzed stable isotopes.

McDonnell Center Fellows in the News

Artemis II sends humans around the Moon for first time since Apollo
Paul Byrne | Science News

Recent Publications by McDonnell Center Fellows

Pal, I., Amari, S., et al. (2026). The stellar origins of 96 Zr excesses in presolar graphites from the Murchison meteorite. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A42. 

Cabrera, L., Wiens, D.A., et al. (2026). Localized calving sensitivity at Perito Moreno Glacier (Patagonia) revealed by seismic template matching and Time‐Lapse images. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 131(4). 

Manelski, H. T., VanBommel, S. J., et al. (2026). Strong nickel enrichment co-located with redox-organic interactions in Neretva Vallis, Mars. Nature Communications, 17(1). 

Kuramoto, H., Gau, E., Krawczynski, H., Lisalda, L., Menon, S. V., et al. (2026). Performance of the XL-Calibur hard X-ray telescope before and after the 2022 stratospheric flight. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems, 12(01). 

Albert P. and Blanche Y. Greensfelder Forum

Hosted by EEPS and
the Center for the Environment
Environmental talks from EEPS junior faculty and their collaborators
TODAY, Friday, March 10
1:00-4:00pm, Rudolph 301

Historical insights and new perspectives on Xe nucleosynthesis: from the molecular cloud to the Earth's atmosphere 

EEPS Seminar
Guillaume Avice
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Monday, April 13
3:00pm, Rudolph 301

Active Integrated Photonics for Information Processing and Quantum Networking

Physics Colloquium
Liang Feng
University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, April 15
3:00pm, Compton 340

Hints of New Physics from the KM3NeT and ANITA Anomalies

Physics Theory Seminar
Dibya Chattopadhyay
Oklahoma State University 
Thursday, April 16
3:00pm, Compton 241

Extreme ionization from a single compact accretor: JWST spectroscopy of the ULX Holmberg II X-1

Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar
Federico Fogantini
STSci
Friday, April 17
9:00am, Compton 241

Weird Stars

St. Louis Astronomical Society April Meeting
Richard Heuermann
St. Louis Astronomical Society
Friday, April 17
7:30pm, McDonnell 162

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