Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Hitching a Ride to the Moon (and Beyond!)

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 Above, a series of ten 6-U cubesats can be seen attached to the ring which interfaces between the top of the Space Launch System (SLS) rock...
Sunday, November 20, 2022

What’s going on with methane on Mars?

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This week, Madeline discusses a critical component of her research into how methane is vertically distributed in the martian atmosphere. Rea...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

More conference talk. Suddenly stuck at home? Make the best of it!

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We had all hoped to be in person at this year's DPS, however, the hybrid nature of the conference meant that any students who had last m...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Completing the Thesis Defence: The Final Boss of a Graduate Degree

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This past summer, several of the students in PVL had the opportunity to go through the timeless ritual that all us academics undergo in orde...
Sunday, October 16, 2022

PVL in London (Ontario, That Is)

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  This week, new PVL PhD student (formerly PVL MSc student - congrats!) Conor Hayes reflects on the just completed DPS Conference that they ...
Monday, October 3, 2022

There and Back Again: A MAPLE Tale

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  As we approach the final year of the MAPLE project, it's time to take the instrument out into the field! This past summer, PVL PhD stu...
Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Five Pictures from Ten (Earth) Years of Curiosity

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  The photos that our robot geologists (and robot atmospheric scientists) bring back to us from other worlds help us to relate to these plac...