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Valles Marineris, is a massive canyon system that is one of the largest in the solar system. It stretches over 4,000 kilometers long, up to 200 kilometers wide, and as much as 7 kilometers deep. For comparison, it is nearly ten times…

Exoplanet Mineralogy astrobiology.com/2024/04/exopla… #astrobiology #astrogeology #exoplanet

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If you thought Earth is the only place with lakes, think again! This false-color radar image (top) shows lakes on Titan comparable in size to Earth's Great Lakes (bottom), but Titan's lakes are filled with liquid methane! It's so cold that water ice acts more like a rock!

From Stars To Diverse Mantles, Melts, Crusts And Atmospheres Of Rocky Exoplanets
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Host Stars and How Their Compositions Influence Exoplanets
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Exoplanet Geology: What Can We Learn From Current And Future Observations?
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Paul Matthews, Chief of Boat for Enterprise (NX-01). A lifelong sailing enthusiast, he joined Starfleet after a long stint in the Royal Navy as an enlisted man. He didn't know a lot about exobiology or astrogeology, but he could manage people.

Project A119 was a top-secret plan developed in 1958 by the US Air Force. The goal of the project was to detonate a nuke on the Moon, allegedly to solve some of the mysteries in planetary astronomy & astrogeology, but also as a giant 'f**k you' to the Soviet Union

#WyrdWednesday

Has anyone ever seen deformed Miocene wood fragments found within ejecta of an #impactcrater ? Here are some microscopic images at different magnifications from the Nördlinger Ries, Gundelsheim, #Bavaria , which I collected from the 'Bunte Trümmerbrekzie'. #geology #astrogeology

USGS Astrogeology raises a toast to the significant contributions made by Eugene (“Gene”) Shoemaker to planetary science, astronaut geologic training, and to the development of the USGS Astrogeology Science Center. Born #OnThisDay in 1928. #OTD

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Enterprise arrives at the comet. There is too much tail debris for a safe shuttle landing. The astrogeology team beams aboard a core sample and will monitor the comet for the next hour.

#XindiAttackDay

Spa-d’-Ur (time god of Ur) 33=8

There was a blooming spider
Went up a blooming spout
And down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain
But that bloody blooming son of a gun
Went up that spout again

In astrogeology, an arachnoid…

Planet Formation -- Observational Constraints, Physical Processes, And Compositional Patterns
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Dr. Laszlo Kestay, an Astrogeology volcanologist, took this photo of a lava skylight in Hawai'i. They're off-limits to visitors due to the potential of further roof collapses and the extremely hot air coming out of the skylight. Some people think it resembles a gate to hell

I like that boulder. That's a NICE boulder!
#Apollo sampling included a variety of geologic materials, and Astrogeology had a hand in helping astronauts recognize what samples would be most helpful to analyze. Check out this photo of Charlie Duke picking pieces off this boulder!

Introducing our Mission Control/Geochemist, Slavka Andrejkovičová. She is a geochemical & nuclear chemical expert focused on astrogeology science. She is the PI of the GeoBioTec research unit at the Universidade Aveiro & a Special Expert Scientist for the NASA SAM team. #teamcamões

A Cometary Landcape Covered With Organic Chemicals
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Day 5 of #GeoSPACE23 complete! We visited SP Crater, saw some awesome volcanic textures, snacked at Wupatki national monument, and had an amazing tour and talk at the USGS AstroGeology Center in Flagstaff!

Asteroid (101955) Bennu In The Laboratory: Properties Of The Sample Collected By OSIRIS-REx
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