Planetary Science
Planetary Science

Research in the planetary sciences at Wesleyan University is a vigorous and growing program within the Departments of Astronomy and Earth and Environmental Sciences. Our emphasis is the study of the origin of planetary systems, planetary geology and geochemistry and the application of remote sensing to terrestrial environmental problems. This work incorporates results from observational astronomy, planetary image analyses, and the laboratory and field studies of Earth analogues to other planets.

News

Jim Greenwood's moon paper selected as one of "ten favourite papers" in Nature Geoscience

Seth Redfield discusses new findings of the IBEX Mission at NASA

Bill Herbst discusses interstellar dust on NPR

Marshall Johnson and Emly Leiner honored for exoplanet research