Welcome to Happening @ S.A.G.A.N.!

Welcome to Happening @ S.A.G.A.N.! We’ll be posting here regularly about some of the exciting events and activities happening on S.A.G.A.N. (Social Action for a Grassroots Astrobiology Network)! If you haven’t logged in, and are interested in astrobiology, space exploration, or science in general you definitely want to check it out – S.A.G.A.N. is an educational initiative of Blue Marble Space that provides a collaborative web-platform for scientists and the public alike! Next week you can catch the Arizona State University Astrobiology Coffee […]

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Meet the team: Zach Adam

Every month, we’ll highlight a BMSIS scientist and feature them on this page. This month, Zach Adam answers our questions: BMSIS: Please tell us a little about yourself Zach Adam: I’m a PhD student studying geology at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, but before that I worked as an aerospace engineer for about 3 years. Each week, as I saw that more and more planets were being found outside our solar system by the Kepler spacecraft, I felt that my day-to-day […]

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Podcast: Dr. Jon Petters on Science & Policy

The February edition of “Beer with BMSIS” is now available online! This month’s podcast features a discussion with Dr. Jon Petters titled “Democracy in Action: An Atmospheric Scientist Jumps into Science Policy“. Join us as Jon discusses his experiences as a AAAS fellow in Washington D.C. and his advice for scientists interested in policy. [listen to the conversation]

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AGU Podcast Special

In lieu of our usual monthly podcasts for December/January, we invite you to listen to a BwBMSIS Winter special: Dr. Sanjoy Som presents: The AGU special! A taste of the people at the American Geophysical Union Conference recorded at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, December 3 – 7 2012 Join us as we follow Dr. Sanjoy Som during the week of the American Geophysical Union conference, and meet journalists, students, scientists and exhibitors at this yearly major geoscience […]

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BMSIS Scientists have been busy with exciting results!

In particular: Penido, J., Fassett, C. & Som, S.. “Scaling relationships and concavity of small valleys on Mars”. Planetary and Space Science, In press doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2012.09.009, 2012. Haqq-Misra, J. “An ecological compass for planetary engineering”. Astrobiology, 12, pp 985-997, doi:10.1089/ast.2011.0796, 2012. Claire, M.W., Sheets, J., Cohen, M., Ribas, I., Meadows, V.S., & Catling, D.C. “The evolution of the solar flux from 0.1nm to 160 um: Quantitative estimates for planetary studies”. The Astrophysical Journal, 757(1), doi:10.1088/0004-637X/757/1/95, 2012. Cleaves, H.J., Scott, A.M., […]

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