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Many Waters May Have Mixed on Mars Alkaline and acidic water may have mixed beneath the Martian surface, creating an environment that could theoretically have supported life.

My second article from #LPSC2026, about, wait for it, water on Mars

skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...

AKA juuusssttt south of where the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference was being held last week in The Woodlands. If this had happened then, the conference halls might have been emptied! #LPSC2026

A fantastic list
Of solid science haikus.
Always a great time.

#LPSCHaikus
#LPSC2026

Wildflowers in a Houston floodplain park

Good set of talks to end #LPSC2026 from Theia-Terra metal rain to Mars elemental sulfur rain. Now enjoying fireworks in bloomin' Houston on a balmy night.

TOI-4552 b: A New Ultra-short Period Rocky World Revealed By NIRPS And TESS - Astrobiology A particularly intriguing subclass of rocky exoplanets are the ultra-short period (USP) world

TOI-4552 b: A New Ultra-short Period Rocky World Revealed By NIRPS And TESS
astrobiology.com/2026/03/toi-... #astrobiology #exoplanet #LPSC2026

Building A Roadmap For Hubble Science Into The 2030s - Astrobiology Hubble remains an indispensable resource for the astronomy and planetary science community

Building A Roadmap For Hubble Science Into The 2030s
astrobiology.com/2026/03/buil... #astrobiology #exoplanet #LPSC2026

Rocky Worlds DDT Data Challenge and Data Challenge Workshop - Astrobiology The Rocky Worlds DDT Core Implementation Team (CIT)

Rocky Worlds DDT Data Challenge and Data Challenge Workshop
astrobiology.com/2026/03/rock... #astrobiology #exoplanet #LPSC2026

Plato Exoplanet Mission Hardware Testing - Astrobiology The European Space Agency’s mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets

Plato Exoplanet Mission Hardware Testing
astrobiology.com/2026/03/plat... #astrobiology #exoplanet #LPSC2026

Dragonfly Mission’s Guest Investigator Program - Astrobiology Dragonfly Mission’s Guest Investigator Program

Dragonfly Mission’s Guest Investigator Program
astrobiology.com/2026/03/drag... #astrobiology #Titan #LPSC2026

Molecular Adaptations And Engineering Of Extremophiles For Synthetic Biology And Biotechnological Applications - Astrobiology Extremophiles are microorganisms that thrive in environments previously thought to be uninhabitable

Molecular Adaptations And Engineering Of Extremophiles For Synthetic Biology And Biotechnological Applications
astrobiology.com/2026/03/mole... #astrobiology #SynBio #biotechnology #LPSC2026

Exploring The Surface Of HD 189733 via Doppler Shadow Analysis Of Planetary Transits - Astrobiology Transmission spectroscopy has greatly advanced the study of exoplanet atmospheres

Exploring The Surface Of HD 189733 via Doppler Shadow Analysis Of Planetary Transits
astrobiology.com/2026/03/expl... #astrobiology #exoplanet #LPSC2026

The Fate of Frozen Carbonated Water at Europa-like Conditions - Astrobiology We present the results of experiments probing the retention of CO2 in crystalline water ice

The Fate of Frozen Carbonated Water at Europa-like Conditions
astrobiology.com/2026/03/the-... #astrobiology #Europa #LPSC2026

Not Earth-like Yet Temperate? More Generic Climate Feedback Configurations Still Allow Temperate Climates in Habitable Zone Exo-Earth Candidates - Astrobiology Earth’s climate is influenced by over a dozen types of feedback

Not Earth-like Yet Temperate? More Generic Climate Feedback Configurations Still Allow Temperate Climates in Habitable Zone Exo-Earth Candidates
astrobiology.com/2026/03/not-... #astrobiology #exoplanet #LPSC2026

Where To Find Other Earths? New List Narrows Down The Targets - Astrobiology exoplanet scientists pinpoint the most likely places to look for life in the universe

Where To Find Other Earths? New List Narrows Down The Targets
astrobiology.com/2026/03/wher... #astrobiology #exoplanet #LPSC2026

Thank you again to all of our #LPSC2026 sponsors for contributing to a successful conference!

Thank you again to all of our #LPSC2026 exhibitors!

Article based on Dmitrii Vavilov's presentation at #LPSC2026, and its discussion during the session by Casey Lisse and Bill Bottke, about the first-look data written up in Greenstreet et al. ApJ 2026 (both open access):
www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lps...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026ApJ....

It's the last day of #LPSC2026!

We have one more talk for you, "Candidate Impact Melt Sampling Sites at Large Lunar Basins from Detailed Geologic Mapping," presented by Kirby Runyon at 10:55am in Montgomery Ballroom.

Today at #LPSC2026: Parallel Science Sessions.

Blue and white poster titled: HAIKU CONTEST AWARDS, 57th LUNAR AND PLANETAY SCIENCE CONFERENCE

YOU LIKE ME! YOU REALLY LIKE ME!!
#4thPlace #LPSChaiku #LPSC2026

A free Space Bike seeking a deserving Home! Pick up in the Woodlands, North Houston. I buy a bike for events like #lpsc2026 because it is waaay cheaper than renting. Now I need to hear from someone who can place this Bike with someone who needs one.

Ollopa16@planetmail.com

for details.

Shout out to Orkan Umurhan for using the first minute of his #LPSC2026 talk to deliver a statement in support of diversity in the sciences.

Solar Dynamics Observatory Budget Alert the following is circulating on space social media platforms:

Solar Dynamics Observatory Budget Alert nasawatch.com/space-scienc... #NASA #spaceweather #LPSC2026

Searching For Molecular Signatures In 14 Transiting Exoplanets With SPIRou - Astrobiology High-resolution spectroscopy provides unique constraints on exoplanet atmospheric composition

Searching For Molecular Signatures In 14 Transiting Exoplanets With SPIRou
astrobiology.com/2026/03/sear... #astrobiology #astronomy #exoplanet #LPSC2026

The Efficient Delivery Of Highly-siderophile Elements To The Core Creates A Mass Accretion Catastrophe For The Earth - Astrobiology The excess abundance of highly siderophile elements

The Efficient Delivery Of Highly-siderophile Elements To The Core Creates A Mass Accretion Catastrophe For The Earth
astrobiology.com/2026/03/the-... #astrobiology #astrogeology #LPSC2026

The Chemical DNA Of The Magellanic Clouds VI. Origin And Evolution Of Neutron-capture Elements In The SMC - Astrobiology the study of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is of crucial importance, as it represents a unique opportunity to study a nearby massive dwarf system

The Chemical DNA Of The Magellanic Clouds VI. Origin And Evolution Of Neutron-capture Elements In The SMC
astrobiology.com/2026/03/the-... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #astronomy #LPSC2026

Asgard Archaea: Have We Found Our Microbial Aancestors? - Astrobiology The discovery of Asgard archaea about a decade ago has greatly reshaped our understanding of archaeal evolution and the origin of eukaryotes

Asgard Archaea: Have We Found Our Microbial Aancestors?
astrobiology.com/2026/03/asga... #astrobiology #evolution #microbiology #LPSC2026

Tricorder Tech: Protein Sequencing Advance Offers New Insights Into Life’s Foundations - Astrobiology Proteins, one of the smallest building blocks of life on Earth, hold promise for answering some of biology’s biggest questions.

Tricorder Tech: Protein Sequencing Advance Offers New Insights Into Life’s Foundations
astrobiology.com/2026/03/tric... #astrobiology #tricorder #genomics #LPSC2026

Colliding Dust And The Sparks Of Creation - Astrobiology Two microscopic grains collide and produce a tiny spark. This phenomenon may have provided the energy to kick off life on Earth.

Colliding Dust And The Sparks Of Creation
astrobiology.com/2026/03/coll... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #astrogeology #LPSC2026