Studies the interior of planets, specifically terrestrial bodies like Earth, the Moon, Mars, and Mercury.
Earth
Planetary Sciences and Meteoritics
The study of the origin and history of the solar system, planets and natural satellites, interplanetary dust and interstellar medium, lunar samples, meteors, and meteorites, asteroids, comets, craters, and tektites.
Academics
Centers, Labs, and Programs
Specializing in high-precision isotopic analyses, elemental abundances, and petrology. Our main areas of research are in the fields of cosmochemistry and mantle and crustal geochemistry.
Earth News
Apr 7, 2021
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Advances in remote sensing are providing a first glimpse of groundwate...
Mar 2, 2021
New Study Identifies Atmospheric Rivers as Contributor to Increased Snow Mass in West Antarctica
New satellite enabled detailed measurement of extreme precipitation ev...