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 David.Rothery@open.ac.uk Tectonism in western Arabia Terra, Mars Matt.Balme@open.ac.uk Detecting potential bio-signatures for Enceladus Biosignature modification in the Oxia Planum region Victoria.Pearson@open.ac.uk Analysing wind patterns on Mars by tracking dust devils Water in the Martian atmosphere during global dust storms Venus polar vortices and atmospheric mixing Stephen.Lewis@open.ac.uk Return to the Moon: insights into lunar volatile resources through analysis of new samples Mahesh.Anand@open.ao.uk The Solar System’s first organics – Investigating the role of coatings on pristine pre-solar grains Ashley.King@open.ac.uk The origin of chondrule rims – a unique window into the protoplanetary disc Ian.Franchi@open.ac.uk 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! 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
On this week's episode, Manchester's Ricci Bahia talks about how we know so much about Martian rivers. If you enjoyed the Cosmic Cast, don't forget to like comment and subscribe! |
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