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Eruptions of mud on Mars in the past ?
Exploration of Mars has revealed the presence of large outflow channels which have been interpreted as the products of catastrophic flood events during which a large quantity of water was released...
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Researchers establish new timeline for ancient magnetic field on Mars
Mars had a global magnetic field much earlier and much later in the planet's history than scientists have previously known. A planet’s global magnetic field arises from what scientists call a...
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Photos of the Earth taken by the BepiColombo spacecraft
On April 10, the BepiColombo mission completed its first and only overflight of Earth. When approaching Earth, a sequence of images was taken by one of the MCAM selfie cameras. The distance to...
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Reading rocks to find water on early Mars is an interesting scientific challenge
A 200-metre-high cliff at the edge of one of the largest impact craters in the solar system tells the story of an ancient water landscape. The cliff consists of sedimentary rocks, 3.7 billion years old,...
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Last HRSC meeting at LPG
The LPG welcomed researchers and engineers from different laboratories in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States to discuss the latest scientific results obtained with the HRSC (High...
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A new addition to the high-pressure platform!
The LPG boosted its high-pressure / high-temperature test platform through the acquisition of a new piston-cylinder device. High-pressure testing is unrivalled when it comes to studying the...
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MARMITE project
or MAgnetic inteRactions at Mercury between the InTerior and the Exosphere Understanding the similarities and differences among bodies within the solar system is a very powerful tool for unraveling...
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NEWTON PROJECT
NEWTON - NEW portable multi-sensor scienTific instrument for non-invasive ON-site characterisation of rock from planetary surface and sub-surfaces. The Problem Apart from the Earth, the Moon,...
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Welcome to the Laboratory of Planetology and Geodynamics website.
Our laboratory is a mixed research unit which depends on the CNRS, and the universities of Nantes and Angers. It includes one hundred of research actors working on four thematics : Changing Marine Systems, Planet Earth, Diverse Icy Worlds and Terrestrials Planets.
On this website, you will find all the information about our research, the life of our laboratory, university training associated with our research, and the various actions we take to communicate with the public.
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