Building Habitable Worlds 3 (Feb 2017)
Edinburgh will host the third early career astrobiology meeting, Building Habitable Worlds in February 2017. Tuesday 21 February 2017 – UK Centre for Astrobiology, CSEC Seminar Room, Erskine Williamson Building, King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh Building Habitable Worlds is an annual one-day meeting for early career scientists with an interest in astrobiology, providing an opportunity for networking and expressing your views on the future and direction of astrobiology research in the UK. The day will consist of a morning of talks from participants, while the afternoon will be...
Read MoreExoplanet postdoc & research associate positions at Cornell
Cornell currently has vacancies for postdocs/research associates within the Carl Sagan Institute and the Department of Astronomy that span various themes within the field of exoplanets and astrobiology. Several postdoc/research positions (with Lisa Kaltenegger): https://jobregister.aas.org/node/55109 – review of applicants start Nov 10 2016. DETAILS: The Exoplanet team at the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University is seeking Research Associate scholars to work on Characterization of exoplanets, from interior models, over Habitable Zone calculations in 1D and 3D, Mini to Super-Earth...
Read MoreJob Offer: University of Liège
The Palaeobiogeology Group (PPP Lab), at the Department of Geology, UR GEOLOGY, of the University of Liège searches for collaborators (postdocs, spectroscopist) for its activities in the frame of the ERC PROJECT “ELiTE”: Early Life Traces, Evolution, and Implications for Astrobiology, and the IAP “Planet TOPERS”: “Planets: Tracing the Origin, Preservation, and Evolution of their reservoirs”. Scientific positions are available to join a team working on the early biosphere evolution, in particular early life traces and the emergence and rise of biological complexity (cyanobacteria, eukaryotes)...
Read MoreFrozen Worlds & Landscapes of Our Solar System
We invite you to submit abstracts for the RAS Discussion meeting entitled: FROZEN WORLDS AND LANDSCAPES OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM Which will take place on 9th December 2016 at the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London, W1J 0BE The aim of this discussion meeting to discuss the latest research into the surface of icy bodies and regions in the solar system. We invite all whose work include the investigations of ices including weathering, astrobiology, landscapes and surfaces of different planetary bodies. We welcome research from all aspects of research including computational modelling,...
Read More‘Planetary Rovers: Robotic Exploration of the Solar System’ by Alex Ellery
Springer (Jan 2016); Hardback; £117 In the Preface, the author writes, “…The target audience for this book is anyone who requires an intimate and detailed knowledge of planetary rovers and how they are likely to evolve in their capabilities in the near future.” And this is exactly what the book delivers; an awesome breadth and depth of knowledge into a technology that enables human exploration of other planets. The reader is introduced to the role of Macro-Rovers (>100 kg), Mini-Rovers (50 – 100 kg), Micro-Rovers (10 – 50 kg) and tethered Nano-Rovers all of which need to operate in...
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