The origin and evolution of our solar system has preoccupied human observers for centuries. Various spacecraft missions have explored the planets and satellites of the Solar System, yielding information on surface composition, geological and geophysical evolution. Differences and similarities among the planets also enlighten our view of our home planet. Researchers within the School study Solar System objects with a variety of approaches including spacecraft data analysis, theoretical and computational modeling, and laboratory analysis. Students and researchers participate in NASA missions to Mercury, the Moon, Mars, and on two teams in NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute.
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Facilities and Labs
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Advanced Electron Microscopy Center (AEMC) The Advanced Electron Microscopy Center (AEMC) is a service facility that provides sample preparation and electron and ion microscopy imaging... -
Hawai‘i Space Grant Consortium Focused on education, research, and service programs that promote a public understanding of NASA's goals and missions including: space and earth...
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Planetary Data Center Serving as a reference library for planetary images, maps, and datasets that have been obtained from space probes and ground-based...
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W.M. Keck Cosmochemistry Laboratory Driving interdisciplinary research into the origin of the solar system. Lab instruments obtain in situ measurements of chemical and isotopic...
