Wannt to study planetary sciences at the Open University? Check out these new PhD projects for a Oct 2020 start (application deadline 21 Feb). 

Project titles and main contacts:

Geological mapping of Mercury
[email protected]

Tectonism in western Arabia Terra, Mars
[email protected]

Detecting potential bio-signatures for Enceladus
Biosignature modification in the Oxia Planum region
[email protected]

Analysing wind patterns on Mars by tracking dust devils
Water in the Martian atmosphere during global dust storms
Venus polar vortices and atmospheric mixing 
[email protected]

Return to the Moon: insights into lunar volatile resources through analysis of new samples
[email protected]

The Solar System’s first organics – Investigating the role of coatings on pristine pre-solar grains
[email protected]

The origin of chondrule rims – a unique window into the protoplanetary disc [email protected]

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For more information (including full project descriptions and supervisors) and to apply visit http://www.open.ac.uk/science/physical-science/phd-students/current-phd-studentships

Only a few days to go until the British Planetary Science conference!

With lots of great talks, the program can be found here:
https://bpsc2020.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/bpsc2020_schedule_v6-1.pdf

On Monday 13th there will be an UKPF early careers social evening at the Trinity College Beer Cellar, We hope to see as many of you as possible for a drink or two! 

The December publication digest is out, check it out here:

December 2019 Digest

In this episode of the Cosmic cast David Gelsthorpe (head curator of the Earth Sciences collection at The Manchester Museum) talks about the important role museums play in communicating stories through museum collections.

The Royal Astronomical Society's 2020 National Astronomy Meeting will be held at the University of Bath from Sunday 12th July to Friday 17th July, alongside the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS200).

Proposals for sessions to be held at NAM2020 are currently being accepted. The deadline for submitting parallel session proposals is Friday 17th Jan 2020 at 17:30 UTC.

For more details and to access the online submission form please follow the link here

The November publication digest is out, check it out here:

November 2019 Digest
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On this week's episode, Manchester's Ricci Bahia talks about how we know so much about Martian rivers.
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