Can you taste a meteorite safely? mashable.com/article/meteor…

Meenakshi Wadhwa, PhD ’94, long dreamed of studying geology growing up in India in the foothills of the Himalayas. Now she studies rocks of a different world. 🌑 bit.ly/3VA2KqL #WashU #WashUalumni

Alex Nguyen is a graduate student in Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences working with MCSS fellow Roger Michaelides. His paper was highlighted in Universe Today. universetoday.com/167141/pluto-h…

New research reveals that the massive Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica experiences daily shifts of 6-8 centimeters triggered by ice stream movements. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for predicting future ice shelf stability and sea level rise. brnw.ch/21wKZVn

In an early analysis of near-earth asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team — including Washington University in St. Louis co-authors Kun Wang and Piers Koefoed — found that Bennu contains the original ingredients that formed our solar system. source.wustl.edu/2024/06/surpri…

Mysterious, light-colored swirls on Moon’s surface could be rocks magnetized by magma activity underground, MCSS.WashU laboratory experiments confirm: source.wustl.edu/2024/06/moon-s…

Meet a #TGI Associate: @R_J_Michaelides Michaelides, @WUSTL researcher, studies dynamics of tundra wildfire, post-fire plant succession, and permafrost to understand Arctic ecology and global climate. Learn more about his TaylorGeospatial-funded research: taylorgeospatial.org/wp-content/upl…

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission collected samples from the surface of asteroid Bennu, then delivered them to Earth. MCSS fellows Kun Wang and Piers Koefoed analyzed samples and found that Bennu contains signatures of ingredients that formed our solar system. source.wustl.edu/2024/06/surpri…

Are you #overthemoon about Earth's only natural satellite? On July 23, #WashU will host a public lecture by Dr. Robin Canup of the Southwest Research Institute on "The Origin of the #Moon." The lecture will take place at #GrahamChapel on the @WUSTL campus at 7 p.m. Join us! mcss.wustl.edu/events/public-…

Join us next Tuesday to learn about the origin of the #Moon! mcss.wustl.edu/events/public-…

Here in Brussels MetSoc2024 & great to be with my many “families”: my adopted Belgian family (generously extended to me by my PhD advisor, Ghislaine Crozaz), my WashU Alumni @WUSTL_EEPS family, and my Meteoritical Society #NierPrize family!

Join us Next Thursday for our Department Open House! 💥Colloquium 💥Poster Presentations 💥Lab Tours

Congratulations Associate Professor Rita Parai Rita Parai on your Dean's Early-Career Research Award!! This award recognizes outstanding achievements in research and creative activity by scholars who have recently been awarded tenure. 🎉🎉

Join WashU as a postdoc in space sciences! mcss.wustl.edu/news/postdocto…

A snowy start to a fresh beginning. Welcome back, Bears! Let’s make this spring semester one for the books! ❤️🐻💚

20 years ago today, ESA's Huygens probe gave us jaw-dropping views of the surface of Saturn's hazy moon, Titan, as it became the first probe to land on a world in the outer solar system. Watch part of its 147-minute descent through Titan's atmosphere to land in a soft riverbed.

Launch window for Lunar Trailblazer opens today! 🚀🌚 Immensely proud of our team and looking forward to getting underway to map water on the Moon. Launching along with IM-2/SpaceX, separating ~48min after launch. NASA coverage starts 6:30pm ET #PI_daily

“Most of the buildings are Gothic-inspired structures. Plus, several of them are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.” Picture-perfect in every season, and recognized by Condé Nast Traveler as one of the Most Beautiful College Campuses in the U.S. bit.ly/444rTyw

New Study from the Konecky laboratory at WashU analyzes the July 2022 rainstorms.WashU Dr. Bronwen Konecky source.washu.edu/2025/04/what-m…