Credit: Anna Kotova (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu) [Imaggeo – Geoscience]. Dear EGU Planetary & Solar System Sciences (PS) Division, The Planetary & Solar System Sciences blog is back! In this post, we will examine how to participate in defining the PS Division, activities, procedures, and deadlines. We dedicate our comeback post to our readers, who …[Read More]
Planetary and Solar System Sciences
A water ocean inside Saturn’s moon Dione
Deep inside Saturn’s moon Dione lies a global ocean of liquid water, according to scientists of the Royal Observatory of Belgium. Such discovery places Dione as the third Saturn’s moon, beside Enceladus and Titan, to have a subsurface ocean. Previous models of planet interior, based on gravity and shape data of Cassini, predicted no ocean …[Read More]
[ECS Interview] On the surface of Churyumov-Gerasimenko with Philae and Anthony
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Rosetta recently made a breathtaking dive towards the surface, bringing a wealth of science close from the surface, but also bringing the mission to its end. The operations might be over, but the science is not as there is still a lot of data to analyse, especially for the next generation of cometary scientists. To …[Read More]
From Neptune to Planet Nine: finding planets with pen and paper
In 1781, William Herschel discovers a faint uncatalogued point in his telescope. He first thinks he has discovered a comet, but the orbit of the new object seems more of a planetary nature. This will be confirmed by subsequent observations: the planet Uranus has been discovered! Many years later, in the early nineteenth century, questions …[Read More]
Upcoming space events!
Normally, September is not people’s favorite month as it goes with the end of the summer holidays, the beginning of the academic year and that of autumn. Not much to be happy about. Thankfully, space and planetary science is here to help you overcome this difficult period with lots of exciting events. Fly me to …[Read More]
Welcome to the PS division blog!
Welcome on-board the blog of the PS division of the EGU ! You may not be familiar with the PS division and what it is about, so I’ll give you a tour. Most of the EGU divisions look towards the Earth, whether it is deep down the interior or right at the surface. Some look …[Read More]