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Origin of Moon’s ‘ocean of storms’ revealed

By Guest PostDecember 24, 2014Scienceandreas mulch, cnh industrial, data, deanna janzen, electrophoretic deposition, epd, herausbildung von gebirgen, hybrid cloud adoption, jim head, marco springmann, martin jetter, moon, NASA, novel sensors, origin, ovum, smart garments, susanne fritz, textiles, vmware vcenter server

New analysis, using data from NASA’s GRAIL spacecraft, has determined that the large dark patch on the western edge of the Moon’s near side is not an impact crater after all.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Oceanus Procellarum, a vast dark patch visible on the western edge of the Moon’s near side, has long been a source of mystery for planetary scientists. Some have suggested that the “ocean of storms” is part of a giant basin formed by an asteroid impact early in the Moon’s history. But new research published today in Nature deals a pretty big blow to the impact theory. (more…)

A global map of Jupiter’s biggest moon

By Guest PostFebruary 21, 2014Sciencebiggest moon, galilean satellites, galileo spacecraft, ganymede, geoffrey collins, global geological map, global map, jim head, jupiter, lincoln field building, louise prockter, NASA, orbital galileo mission, robert pappalardo, solid state imaging, ssi, underground ocean, voyager mission, wes patterson

Using images from NASA’s Voyager Mission (1979) and the orbital Galileo Mission (1995), researchers have created the first global geological map of Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Scientists, including Brown University geologists and students, have completed the first global geological map of Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon and the largest in the solar system. (more…)

Moon: It’s the right time to return

By Guest PostOctober 7, 2013Sciencealberto saal, apollo 13, apollo lunar module, apollo mission, brown geologist, david r scott, exploration, genesis rock, geological exploration, geological hotspot, geology class, geology of moon, hadley apennine region, jim head, MIT, moon, NASA, planetary bodies, science engineering synergism

Last week, Apollo 15 commander David R. Scott, a visiting professor at Brown and one of 12 men to walk on the Moon, addressed Professor Jim Head’s introductory geology classes. He discussed the scientific returns of the Apollo missions and encouraged students to look to Apollo as a template for future human exploration of planetary bodies.

After the near-disaster of Apollo 13, NASA’s lunar exploration program stood at a crossroads. President Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him to Earth had been achieved, and many wondered, given the dangers, if it might be time to scrap Apollo. (more…)

How the World’s Saltiest Pond gets its Salt

By Guest PostFebruary 15, 2013Environmentboston university, brown university, chloride bearing salts, closed basins, dark streaks, data, david marchant, dead sea, deliquescence, don juan pond, dry valleys, flowing water, frozen desert, geologists, groundwater, high salt content, jay dickson, jim head, joseph levy, mars, mcmurdo dry valleys, moisture, oregon state, permafrost layer, present day mars, red planet, relative humidity, salinity of antarctica, salt, saltiest pond, snow, soil, temperature, time lapse photography, water tracks, world

Jay Dickson and Jim Head have gathered time-lapse photography and other data about the sustained salinity of Antarctica’s Don Juan Pond, the most saline natural body of water on earth. Their findings, published online in Scientific Reports, suggest that such ponds could be possible on Mars.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Antarctica’s Don Juan Pond might be the unlikeliest body of water on Earth. Situated in the frigid McMurdo Dry Valleys, only the pond’s high salt content — by far the highest of any body of water on the planet — keeps it from freezing into oblivion. (more…)

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Origin of Moon’s ‘ocean of storms’ revealed

A global map of Jupiter’s biggest moon

Moon: It’s the right time to return

How the World’s Saltiest Pond gets its Salt