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April 17th, 2023

1- Ganymede, numerical simulations, fluid layers The ESA Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) launched in April 2023 will explore Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon in great details from 2034. Besides being […]

April 12th, 2023

In the framework of the ERC PROMISES (Presence and Role of Organic Matter in Icy Satellites and ExtraSolar planets), the Laboratory of Planetology and Geosciences (LPG) of Nantes recruits a […]

March 27th, 2023

On April 14 at 14:14, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer spacecraft, Juice, is launched to the Jupiter system from the Kourou launch base (French Guiana) aboard an […]

March 22nd, 2023

The past marine carbon cycle can be reconstructed by geochemical indicators measured on foraminiferal shells. In the ECO-FOR project, we explored the use of elemental ratios (e.g. Sr/Ca, B/Ca, Li/Ca) […]

December 21st, 2022

In excessively high doses in soils, as is the case in some vineyards treated with Bordeaux mixture for more than a century to control mildew, copper (Cu) can be toxic […]

September 6th, 2022

GeoPlaNet-SP partners are pleased to announce the selection of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master project GeoPlaNet ! The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master GEOPLANET is the result of a long-standing scientific […]

May 23rd, 2022

The University of Angers is offering a Junior Professorship chair for the start of the the beginning of the academic year 2022-2023, on the theme “Understanding the evolution of the […]

April 6th, 2022

Each year, The “Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences” welcome  students to prepare doctorate, in earth and Planets Sciences. You will find below, by way of example, the thesis subjects proposed […]

April 3rd, 2022

There is growing evidence that heavy organic molecules are a major component of the outer solar system bodies such as icy moons, comets, and Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). Density profiles inferred […]