Baylor Planetary Research Group

News and updates from the Planetary Research Group (PRG) at Baylor University's Department of Geosciences. This account is moderated by @PeterBJames

[Baylor Planetary Research Group @BaylorPlanetary]

Huge congratulations to our graduating senior, Allie North! Allie was a Goldwater scholarship recipient and received the Dwornik award for the best undergraduate poster at LPSC.

Allie was tapped for a Fulbright research award, and she will work at DLR for the next year. Sic em!

[Baylor Planetary Research Group @BaylorPlanetary]

Our own Allie North was involved with this program last summer.

If you are an undergraduate student interested in NASA, space rocks, and/or the Solar System, consider applying to this prestigious internship at the Lunar and Planetary Institute.

[LPItoday @LPItoday]

Meet our 2024 interns! 👋 We had 11 undergraduate students from various universities and colleges join us to experience cutting-edge research in lunar and planetary science. The app deadline for the 2025 internship program is Dec. 12. Learn more at: https://t.co/A0C4gFjpvg

[Baylor Planetary Research Group @BaylorPlanetary]

We see you, Alpha Chi Omega and Kappa Sigma! You’ve got our vote for best #BaylorHomecoming float. 🐻 🚀 🌖

[Baylor Planetary Research Group @BaylorPlanetary]

Here’s some neat ongoing work from our research group!
https://t.co/k8zwoTwmRS

[Baylor Planetary Research Group @BaylorPlanetary]

We are excited to announce a successful Ph.D defense! Dr. Nicholas Wagner (@astrowags) wrote a dissertation on Martian geophysics, covering the planet’s internal thermal history, volcanism, tectonics, outgassing, climate change, and measurement requirements for future missions.

[Baylor Planetary Research Group @BaylorPlanetary]

🚨New paper! 🚨

Our PhD student Nick Wagner has published an analysis of Mars surface displacement in response to seasonal growth of the polar ice caps.

Someday in the distant future, we will monitor the inventory of polar ice with a network of geodetic stations thanks to Nick.

[JGR-Planets @jgrplanets]

Evaluating the Use of Seasonal Surface Displacements and Time-Variable Gravity to Constrain the Interior of Mars. https://t.co/GFHZNW2V7p Global seasonal displacements of the surface of Mars are caused by the deposition and sublimation of CO2 at the poles.

[Baylor Planetary Research Group @BaylorPlanetary]

Our PhD student Alyssa Mills (@alyssacmills96) is in Rome this week, attending the NASA Europa Clipper Gravity/Radio Science joint meeting. Alyssa has been invited to help the team work out how to measure gravitational signals from Europa's ocean.

Sic 'em, Alyssa!

[Peter James @PeterBJames]

How old is America? As far as Pluto is concerned, America is almost one year old.

It takes 90,560 Earth days for Pluto to orbit the Sun. Friday will be exactly 90,560 days after July 4th, 1776, which will make our country one Pluto-year old!

[Baylor University @Baylor]

#SicEm, Dr. James! 🪐🏆

The Baylor geophysicist has been honored by @NASA with a prestigious Early Career Award for planetary science:

https://t.co/Tg8yd3whqm

[Baylor Planetary Research Group @BaylorPlanetary]

Congratulations to our own Allie North, who has been selected for the prestigious LPI summer intern program! Allie will spend the summer with scientists at LPI and at NASA Johnson Space Center formulating a research project related to the planet Venus.

[LPItoday @LPItoday]

We are pleased to announce the students selected for the 2024 LPI Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science. Congratulations to the 11 undergraduate students who will participate in the program from June 3 through August 9! View the full list: https://t.co/bNCsja5vct.

[Alyssa Christine Mills @alyssacmills96]

Are you in Waco for the #Eclipse2024? Ever wanted to hear from a man who’s walked on the Moon and space scientists, and wanting to find things to do while waiting for totality? Come to the events listed below, and for the astronaut talk-9:30 at Hurd.
https://t.co/KqAkVu9Mi8

[Baylor Planetary Research Group @BaylorPlanetary]

We are hosting three public (free) science events next week!

Even if we get clouds on Monday, you'll hear from the only scientist to walk on the Moon, another scientist who is sending a robot there in 2027, a plasma physicist, an ISRU expert, and a Space Force surgeon general.

[Baylor Planetary Research Group @BaylorPlanetary]

Finally, Peter James will present a new technique for quantifying uncertainty in models of stress and tectonic strain on other planets. (8/8)

[Baylor Planetary Research Group @BaylorPlanetary]

Baylor researchers will be presenting new science at the Lunar and Planetary Science conference this week! Here are some research highlights #LPSC24 (1/8)

[Baylor Planetary Research Group @BaylorPlanetary]

Postdoctoral researcher Don Hood is presenting about the topographic signatures of overlapping craters. Since the shape of the antecedent crater is well known, this approach is the first step toward inferring what the Moon looked like before it accumulated its craters. (7/8)