PLANMAP Winter School
The first Planetary geologic mapping and modelling winter school, organized by the PLANMAP team in collaboration with Europlanet 2024 RI’s GMAP initiative, is starting virtually in the week 1-5...
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EduINAF’s last born: “Terra chiama Marte”
Can there be (or have been) life on Mars?Let’s try to answer following Terra chiama Marte, the new INAF’s (Italian National Institute for Astrophysics) educational trail born from Europlanet material,...
View ArticleWaiting for Perseverance!
The whole word is waiting for the final stage of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance mission to be over and spying from home on the landing of the rover, scheduled for 21.55 (CET) on Thursday 18th February...
View ArticleFarinella Prize 2021
DEADLINE: May 15, 2021, 23:59 UT To honour the memory and the outstanding figure of Paolo Farinella (1953-2000), an extraordinary scientist and person, a prize has been established in recognition of...
View ArticleCall for Funding Scheme to Support Society Committees and Membership
CLOSING DATE: April 16, 2021, 23:59 UT The 2021 Call for the Europlanet Society’s funding scheme to support its Committees and Membership is now open. The scope of the funding scheme is broad enough...
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EPEC Annual Week 2021
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 15 April, 2021Dates: 7-11 Giugno 2021Venue: Virtual EPEC is pleased to announce the third edition of its training school for early career scientists who work in the field of...
View ArticleEPSC 2021 – First announcement
DEADLINE: 6 April, 2021Dates: 13-24 September, 2021Venue: Virtual The Europlanet Science Congress 2021 (EPSC2021), the largest planetary science meeting in Europe, will take place from 13–24 September...
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An Asteroid for Samantha
Are you an amateur astronomer, a professional or a simple sky enthusiast? Get involved with An Asteroid for Samantha, the astro-photography campaign dedicated to the return to orbit, in 2022, of...
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PlanetaryScience4All
DEADLINE: 1 August 2021 The 2nd edition of the EPEC-EPSC PlanetaryScience4all video contest is really for all enthusiasts of planetary science. If you are a Bachelor, a Master or a PhD student...
View ArticleExoMars2022 – MISSION SUSPENDED
As an intergovernmental organization that develops and implements space programs in full compliance with European values, ESA, meeting in Council in Paris on March 16-17, 2022, assessed the situation...
View ArticleThe importance of a sample database of Martian analogs
Many are the minerals that will be analyzed by Ma_MISS at the landing site in Oxia Planum. And many are also the samples that have been measured in recent years using the Ma_MISS laboratory model;...
View ArticleDrill site stratigraphy simulated
The Ma_MISS team used the MOT (i.e., Ma_MISS Optical Tool) to make a series of laboratory measurements on different mineral mixtures representative of the Oxia Planum landing site, which from past...
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Looking for martian analogs: the Capalbio site
A Martian analog sample was collected during a field campaign by the Ma_MISS team geologists last October 2021. It was gathered in a 120 cm-depth excavated trench in the Capalbio area (Tuscany,...
View ArticleFirst driving simulation for ExoMars
The first simulation of driving the ExoMars rover from its landing pad has successfully taken place. Indeed, after the nerve-wracking descent to the surface of Mars, the moment when the Rosalind rover...
View ArticleXVII Italian Congress for Planetary Science
The 17th National Planetary Science Congress, organised by the INAF- Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte (NA), took place in Naples from 20 to 24 June 2022. The Congress was attended by several...
View ArticleRio Tinto campaign to better understand Oxia Planum
The campaign involving several members of the Ma_MISS team in Rio Tinto, Andalusia (Spain) has come to an end. As the landing site of the ExoMars mission (Oxia Planum) shows mineralogical and...
View ArticleXVIII Italian Congress for Planetary Science
The 18th National Congress of Planetary Sciences, organized by the Italian Society of Planetary Sciences, began today in Perugia. There are many research topics covered during the congress, which is...
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Botswana like Oxia Planum
A campaign to collect geological samples in the Makgadikgadi salt marsh area in Botswana took place 9-17 September. While today this region of Africa is a vast expanse of salty clay, in the past it...
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