December 2024 – Page 5 – My WordPress Site

Qmax (Eq. 14) for the population of exoplanets from the exoplanet.eu database, as a function of the orbital distance and the stellar mass. A given rotation rate has been assumed for all stars in each panel, to estimate their magnetic field and the ambient magnetic field strength at the orbit of the planet. Trappist-1 b and π men c are highlighted by the red square in the left and right panels, respectively. -- astro-ph.EP

Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetism, bioelectricity,, Space Weather & Heliophysics

Ohmic Heating In The Upper Atmosphere of Hot Exoplanets The Influence of a Time-varying Magnetic Field

by Keith CowingDecember 22, 2024December 22, 2024

(A) C4D PCB connected to the electrode disc. (B) Actuator perfboard connected to the solenoids. (C) Circuit boards placed inside the canister. (D) Corresponding CAD design showing the placement of components inside the canister. -- Sensors (Basel) via PubMed

Enceladus, Europa, Exploration Gear & Tech, Ganymede, Icy Worlds, Missions & Hardware, Tricorders & Sensors

Early Technology Readiness Level (TRL) Development of the Microfluidic Inorganic Conductivity Detector for Europa and the Solenoid-Based Actuator Assembly for Impact Penetrators

by Keith CowingDecember 22, 2024December 22, 2024

2023 LPI Interns

Career Opportunities, Courses, Education and Outreach

2025 Lunar and Planetary Institute Exploration Science Summer Intern Program

by Keith CowingDecember 22, 2024December 22, 2024

NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (DARES) -- Grok via Astrobiology.com

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Astrobiology (general), Away Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, NASA Astrobiology Program, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Space Life Science

Reminder: NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (DARES) RFI

by Keith CowingDecember 21, 2024January 14, 2026

Conceptual image larger view -- NASA

Exploration Gear & Tech, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

What NASA’s Next Mars Helicopter May Look Like

by Keith CowingDecember 21, 2024September 18, 2025

Precision Health and Space Crops -- NASA

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Commercial & Private Sector, Life Support Systems, Missions & Hardware, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Stations

NASA Space Biology Research – Final Text and Due Dates – ROSES-24 Amendment 85: E.9

by Keith CowingDecember 21, 2024

Schematic interior structure of an icy moon and the various geological processes involving the eutectic and cenotectic. -- Nature Communications

Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Europa, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Missions & Hardware, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Illuminating The Mysteries Of Icy Ocean Worlds

by Keith CowingDecember 21, 2024December 21, 2024

Towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Astronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Conferences and Meetings, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Visionary Science and Transformational Technology

by Keith CowingDecember 20, 2024

Earth and Luna -- NASA

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Icy Worlds, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Meteorites & Asteroids, Moon, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Study Reveals Origins Of Lunar Water And Its Connection To Earth’s Early History

by Keith CowingDecember 20, 2024December 20, 2024

By studying hydrothermal vent fields such as Aurora, scientists hope to also learn more about Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Black smoker vents such as this one at Aurora discharge fluids up to 370°C. Credit Chris German/NUI, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Enceladus, Europa, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Icy Worlds, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Earth’s Northernmost Seafloor Hydrothermal System Shows Even More Variety In Vent Styles Than Expected

by Keith CowingDecember 20, 2024December 20, 2024