Category: Planetary Insights

Scott Sheppard explains how he uses powerful telescopes to detect distant asteroids sharing the orbit of Neptune

UCLA Professor Jean-Luc Margot explains how radar astronomy drastically improves the ability for humans to predict and mitigate asteroid impact hazards.

For more information about the UCLA’s Radar Astronomy Group, please visit: http://radarastronomy.org

David Paige explains why studying ice on Mercury is important for understanding the origins of life on Earth and the habitability of extrasolar planets.

David Paige explains how organic material brought to Mercury by comets creates a dark crust over subsurface ice in permanently shadowed regions.

David Paige explains how he uses a thermal model of Mercury to locate surface and subsurface ice in the north polar region.

Guest astronomer Pedro Lacerda describes his work into small bodies

Graduate student Matt Walker discusses his work with icy moons.

ESS graduate student Jessica Watkins talks about Martian landslides

Researcher Jean Pierre Williams talks about planetary heat flow