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  • Edip Yuksel (E) Mark Sykes, Planetary Science Institute

    Mark is a scientist, a lawyer, an artist, and my close friend. On July 3, 2014, we met at his office and chat... Mark V. Sykes, Ph.D., J.D., Chief Executive Officer and ...

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  • Space - The Final Frontier | Josh Emery | TEDxKnoxville

    Dr. Emory shows us the new directions space exploration is taking, and the challenges faced by NASA and others as they proceed to the edges of our solar ...

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  • Earth's Moon: Lunar Polar Wander

    A new study published today in Nature reports Earth's moon wandered off its original axis roughly 3 billion years ago. Planetary scientist Matt Siegler, Southern ...

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  • OSIRIS-REx: Tapping Asteroid RQ36

    Dante Lauretta, Ph.D. and professor in the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Sciences Laboratory, started his career at the UA as a math major.

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  • The Art of Planetary Science

    A celebration of the elegance and beauty of science. The 2nd Annual Art of Planetary Science Exhibition and competition. More than 200 works of art from 84 ...

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  • To The Asteroids - and Beyond! - John Lewis (SETI Talks)

    SETI Talks archive: http://seti.org/talks Speaker: John Lewis Professor Emeritus of planetary science at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary ...

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  • Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ - Gods Mechanics: The Religious Life of Techies

    Another lecture in IHMC's award winning lecture series. http://www.ihmc.us How does religion work in a society shaped by science and technology? How do ...

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  • Where's Western - Planetary Science Field School

    Dr. Gordon Osinski, Associate Professor & NSERC/MDA/CSA Industrial Research Chair in Planetary Geology and Associate Director, Centre for Planetary ...

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  • Planet Formation and the Origin of Life

    Dante S. Lauretta, Professor, Planetary Sciences/Lunar and Planetary Laboratory It is generally accepted that planets or their satellites are required for life to ...

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  • OSIRIS REx: Tapping Asteroid RQ36

    Dante Lauretta, Ph.D. and professor in the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Sciences Laboratory, started his career at the UA as a math major.

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  • Partners Across the Mall: University Libraries and the Lunar & Planetary Lab

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  • Will asteroids end the world: Dante Lauretta at TEDxTucsonSalon

    Dante Lauretta is a Professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. He received a B.S. in ...

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  • A String of Happy Accidents: My Vocation as a Jesuit Brother

    Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno was born in 1952 in Detroit, Michigan. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in 1974 and Master of Science in 1975 in Earth ...

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  • New Horizons: On The Threshold of the Pluto System

    The Denver Astronomical Society (DAS) promotes the enjoyment and understanding of astronomical phenomena, history and lore by providing educational and ...

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  • Exogeology Rocks! Episode12

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  • God's Mechanics: The Religious Life of Techies

    Google Tech Talk August 3, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ How does religion work in a culture shaped by science and ...

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  • We Are Going to an Asteroid & Getting a Piece

    Dr. Dante Lauretta, Professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, and Principal Investigator ...

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  • "The Heavens Proclaim: Astronomy and the Vatican"

    Lecture given by Br. Guy Consolmagno on Fri, March 4, 2016. Presented by the Bishop Keane Institute, a Ministry of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

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  • Timelapse - The Art of Planetary Science: An Exhibition

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  • Br. Guy Consolmagno - Discarded Worlds: Astronomical ideas that were almost correct...

    Astronomy is more than just observing; it's making sense of those observations. A good theorist needs a good imagination...and no fear of being wrong.

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  • Press Briefing: Tales of a Tilting Moon Hidden in Lunar Ice

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  • Origins of Black Holes: Gravity at Its Extreme

    Dr. Feryal Özel, Associate Professor, Astronomy/Steward Observatory, University of Arizona. Presented March 1, 2011. Gravity is the most important force in the ...

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  • What is Life?

    Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ, Planetary Scientist, Vatican Observatory Research Group Throughout history, our definition of 'life' reflects our assumptions about how ...

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  • University of Washington Seminar Series: Rory Barnes

    Habitability of Tidally-Locked Terrestrial Exoplanets Presenter: Rory Barnes (University of Arizona) October 7, 2008 02:30 PM Pacific The first terrestrial-like ...

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  • Phoenix Lander

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  • Planetary Scientist Bob Strom Talks About Craters

    Planetary Scientist Bob Strom from the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Lab talks about crater science on the moon, on planets in our solar system, ...

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  • The Great Debate: EXTINCTIONS (OFFICIAL) - (Part 1/2)

    Part 02 - http://youtu.be/A620t61OTc8 Some say that we are in the midst of the 6th great extinction on Earth? Is this true? Join us as we explore the nature of ...

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  • OSIRIS-REx Mission hits the wall at UA Lunar Planetary Laboratory

    UA students at the School of Art adorn the LPL building with a stunning mural as a tribute to space exploration and the OSIRIS-REx missiion.

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  • FM16 Press Conference: Tracking the reorientation of the terrestrial planets

    Major geological processes, like the formation of giant volcanoes or big impact basins, can redistribute large amounts of material on the surface or interior of a ...

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  • Veronica Bray: UA Researcher on NASA's New Horizons Mission

    Meet planetary scientist Veronica Bray. She's a researcher at the University of Arizona, and she's part of the team working on NASA's New Horizons mission ...

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  • Are We All Martians? The Meteoritic Exchange of Life Between Planets

    On February 25, 2009, Dr. H. Jay Melosh delivered the Blitzer Award Lecture, "Are We All Martians? The Meteoritic Exchange of Life Between Planets.

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  • Mars - The Bringer of War, by Gustav Holst (complete)

    Part of The Planets Live: spectacular visuals choreographed live for orchestra. Coming to Florida, Michigan, Bath, Tucson, and more. For info see ...

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  • Saturn: Crash Course Astronomy #18

    Saturn is the crown jewel of the solar system, beautiful and fascinating. It is a gas giant, and has a broad set of rings made of ice particles. Moons create gaps in ...

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  • 1. Cutting the Umbilical Cord to Earth

    TVIW 2016, Chattanooga, TN, 2/28/16 - 3/1/16, Keynote Address by Dr. John Lewis, Professor Emeritus of Planetary Sciences and Co-Director of the Space ...

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  • LPL Builds Excitement for Mars Landing with Summer Science Saturday

    In anticipation of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover landing on Aug. 5, the UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory hosted a Summer Science Saturday ...

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  • Nebulae: Crash Course Astronomy #36

    Astronomers study a lot of gorgeous things, but nebulae might be the most breathtakingly beautiful of them all. Nebulae are clouds of gas and dust in space.

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  • FM16 Press Conference: Dawn science update

    NASA's Dawn spacecraft has been orbiting dwarf planet Ceres since March 2015. Scientists will discuss new research on Ceres' composition and some of its ...

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  • UA Electrical and Computer Engineering Hosts Open House

    The UA department of electrical and computer engineering held an open house for students and members of the public interested in electrical engineering at the ...

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  • University of Arizona Geology Field Camp 2016

    University of Arizona Geology Field Camp 2016 music video Soundtrack Gorillaz, Demon Days - Full Album.

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  • Science and faith: a dialogue on finding life on other planets

    For the Church, talking about life on other planets is not an every day occurrence. But that was the theme at a weeklong meeting that gathered scientists and ...

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  • Ralph Lorenz | Sailing the Seas of Titan

    Oceanography is no longer just an Earth Science. The ongoing NASA/ESA Cassini mission - still making exciting discoveries 10 years after its arrival in the rich ...

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  • 2013 Planetary Defense Conference--Part 4: Bill Nye the Science Guy!

    The Planetary Society's CEO was a wildly popular speaker at the PDC public event on April 17, 2013. Here's his presentation to over 900 fans on the campus of ...

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  • Mars: A Dynamic World

    This lecture, presented on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at the National Air and Space Museum's National Mall building, was part of the 2011 Exploring Space Lecture ...

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  • 3 Comets will make a very Close Approach to Earth! Science needs your help!

    It's my 4 year THORnews anniversary, y'all. If you'd like to support THORnews https://www.paypal.me/THORnews --- single donations ...

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  • The Geological History of Water on Mars and Astrobiological Implications (Vic Baker)

    2012-2013 Distinguished International Lecturer The Geological Society of America (GSA) Dr. Victor R. Baker Regents Professor of Planetary Sciences and ...

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