December 17, 2021
Characterising dust lifting events at the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. Credit: Daniel Toledo
October 21, 2021
News & Events
— December 24, 2021

Anticipating Planetary Science with the James Webb Space Telescope What are Jupiter and Saturn made of? Are there still open mysteries about these two giant planets? How will the James […]


— December 21, 2021

#InspiredByOtherWorlds Arts contest 2021: the winners are… The winning artworks for the #InspiredByOtherWorlds Arts Contest 2021 were announced during a virtual award ceremony on 20th December. The winners are listed […]


— December 17, 2021

EPEC Profiles – Noah Jäggi In this series from the EPEC Communication Working Group, we meet members of the Europlanet Early Career (EPEC) community and find out more about their experiences […]


— December 16, 2021

Issue 2 of the Europlanet Magazine is out! The official magazine of Europlanet, the European community for planetary science. We are delighted to share with you the second issue of […]


— December 15, 2021

Geology & Planetary Mapping Winter School The next Geology & Planetary Mapping Winter School will be held online 7th – 11th February 2022. The school will be dedicated to the […]


— December 10, 2021

Europlanet Telescope Network Science Workshop 9-11 February 2022  The Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI) project and the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy of Vilnius University are pleased to announce […]


— December 9, 2021

Virtual Fireballs Workshop #2 on Fireball Databases, Lunar Impact Flashes and Machine Learning 4 February @ 1:00 pm – 5. February  @ 7:00 pm UTC+2 In cooperation with Europlanet, a series of four workshops bringing together different networks […]


— December 1, 2021

Under the Path of a Polar Solar Eclipse As well as being Managing Director of the outreach company, FTP-Europlanet gUG, Dr. Lothar Kurtze has worked a scientific travel guide since 1998 for […]


— November 16, 2021

Europlanet Satellite Workshop Series blasts off in Botswana Press Release A workshop that aims to kickstart the creation of a network for planetary science in Africa is being held at […]


— November 15, 2021

EPEC Profiles – Joana S. Oliveira In this series from the EPEC Communication Working Group, we meet members of the Europlanet Early Career (EPEC) community and find out more about their […]


— November 8, 2021

Is it possible to make good scientific communication in a simple and intriguing way? The answer is yes, and Dr James O’Donoghue, winner of this year’s Europlanet Prize for Public […]


— October 21, 2021

Dust Devil Diary From 29 September – 6 October 2021, researchers Daniel Toledo and Victor Apestigue (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Spain) were funded by the Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure […]


— October 20, 2021

Astronet – Science Vision and Infrastructure Roadmap for Europe Over the last year, a number of expert panels have been working on draft sections of a new Science Vision and […]


— October 15, 2021

EPEC Profiles – Dimitrios Athanasopoulos In this series from the EPEC Communication Working Group, we meet members of the Europlanet Early Career (EPEC) community and find out more about their experiences […]


— October 7, 2021

EANA Lecture: Prospection for Fossil Life on Mars Nora Noffke, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA December 01, 2021 – 4 pm (CET) For registration, please follow this link: https://forms.gle/qo8aWSjPo859zAoK7 Abstract: […]


— January 6, 2022

20-EPN2-073: Assessment of the Aeolian Dispersion and Wind Effects on Cryptoendolithic Microorganisms in the Martian Environment Virtual visit by Lorenzo Aureli, University of Tuscia (Italy) to TA2.4 Planetary Environment Facilities (PEF), […]


— January 6, 2022

20-EPN-084: Converting one amino acid to the other containing sulfur via ion irradiation : Implication to chemical evolution on Europa surface ices Visit by Rahul Kumar Kushwaha, Physical Research Laboratory, […]


— January 6, 2022

20-EPN-029: Vis-NIR reflection spectroscopy of ammonium salts relevant for icy planetary surface characterisation Virtual visit by Maximiliano Fastelli, University of Perugia (Italy), to TA2.8 CSS (Cold Surfaces Spectroscopy) at IPAG (France).Dates of visit: 13 […]