New paper published in 'Organic Geochemistry' exploring the impact of organic carbon reworking upon GDGT temperature proxies during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) (1/5) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A piece of #Bennu #asteroid is coming soon to PSUAstrobiology College of EMS Penn State Research and my colleague Kate Freeman is throwing a party!

WATCHING NOW: A capsule released from the #OSIRISREx spacecraft is scheduled to land in Utah this morning. It contains material from the asteroid #Bennu, and some of it will be analyzed Kate Freeman Geosciences Dept PSU College of EMS @AstrobiologyPSU !!! nasa.gov/nasalive

Cheers from the gathering at the Kate Freeman house!!!

A thrilling moment! The PSU team shares your excitement!!

Hurray- a safe landing! The PSU team shares your excitement, Danny!!

In the interest of U.S. Japan relations, I'm duty-bound to clarify that this is NOT the first time humanity has returned an asteroid sample to Earth #Hayabusa ARCHIVED – NASA Astrobiology

With Kate Freeman and 8 superexcited junior scientists watching as the capsule containing material from asteroid #Bennu is curated by a science and safety team nasa.gov/nasalive #OSIRISREx

A thrilling morning! So glad Jennifer Macalady @jmacalad.bsky.social and friends from @psuems Geosciences Dept PSU and PSUAstrobiology could join us for the fun! 🔭🔬🧪

An exciting morning! And don’t forget Allie Baczynski—we couldn’t do it without her!

Not to take anything away from the good folks who made #OSIRISREx happen NASA 🥂, but we need to get this #scicomm right: #Hayabusa happened! A sample from #asteroid #Itokawa was returned to Earth in 2010 by the Japanese space agency in an elegant and successful mission.

Congratulations 🥂👏🪐 NASA Solar System NASA we can't wait to have a chance to work on material from #Bennu #OSIRISREx Kate Freeman @Astrobiology PSU Geoscience College of EMS

Check out the first images from the landing of the #OSIRISREx sample return capsule containing rock and dust from asteroid Bennu at the Department of Defense 🇺🇸's Utah Test and Training Range. More 📷 ➡️ flic.kr/s/aHBqjAVWDj

Penn State Scientists Jennifer Macalady @jmacalad.bsky.social and Dani Buchheister are venturing to the harshest corners of the planet in search of resilient microbial biofilms. Their goal? To understand the limits of life on Earth and beyond 🚀🪐 psu.edu/news/research/…

We are Hiring ! Don't miss this leadership opportunity in a top department full of fun and amazing colleagues at College of EMS and Geosciences Dept PSU ! We want YOU🫵to apply for Dept Head. Check it out: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic/j…

Announcing our dates and info for the 2024 International Geobiology Course !

Co-Director Kate Freeman and I are looking forward to reading your applications!

Applications are now open for 2024! Check it out: sites.google.com/psu.edu/igc-ps…

Big congrats to all, most especially the fabulous Ann Pearson at #Harvard