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Join us today at 14.00 CEST for this special webinar session.

Juice is one year into its 8-year journey to Jupiter and its icy moons. In this webinar, the JUICE team will present the latest mission news and plans for what will be happening during cruise phase from Earth to Jupiter! The webinar is part of a new series organised in collaboration with the Europlanet Society. 

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Summer and winter schools can be a fantastic way to enrich our learning and expand our network. Join us for this latest instalment of the Europlanet Society Webinar Series, in which school organisers will share with us what's coming up, and how we can get involved.

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Apply now to host EPSC in 2026 or 2027! EPSC, the premier European gathering in planetary science, presents an exciting opportunity for a motivated and capable Local Organisation Committee (LOC) led by a research institute with close ties to the local planetary science community.  

We seek European cities with venues capable of accommodating 1200+ participants. Applicants can apply for either year, with EPSC 2027 ideally timed for joint hybrid activities with the AAS Division of Planetary Sciences. Interested parties can access the application pack on the Europlanet Society website, with submissions due by the extended deadline of May 15 2024, and host selection announced at EPSC2024.  

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The call for abstracts is now open for the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2024. EPSC2024 will take place from 8–13 September 2024 at the Henry Ford Building of the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. The meeting will be fully hybrid, with virtual access to all oral and poster sessions. Sessions are organised around programme groups:

- Terrestrial Planets (TP)

- Outer Planet Systems (OPS)

- Missions, Instrumentation, Techniques, Modelling (MITM)

- Small Bodies (comets, KBOs, rings, asteroids, meteorites, dust) (SB)

- Exoplanets, Origins of Planetary Systems and Astrobiology (EXOA)

- Outreach, Diversity, Amateur Astronomy (ODAA)

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Once again, the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) will be opening its doors to schools and giving students a glimpse of how contemporary science is done.

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Would you like to support the EPSC 2024 conference and promote your organisation through the exhibition or a sponsorship package? Detailed information can be found on the ESPC 2024 website: 

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The call for nominations for the 14th edition of the Farinella Prize is now open. The 14th Paolo Farinella Prize will be awarded to a young scientist with outstanding contributions in the field of planetary science concerning ‘Internal structure of planetary bodies: clues on formation processes of the Solar System’, including theoretical, modelling, experimental and observational work on the internal structure of solar system bodies, namely planets, satellites, and small bodies. The award winner will be honored at EPSC2024 in Berlin. 

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Competition deadline: 09 September 2024. 

EPSC2024 is inviting schools and space enthusiasts of all ages to get creative and share their artworks and performances inspired by the theme of ‘Returning to Earth’.  

Show us how you have been inspired to create drawings, storytelling, pictures, videos, stop-motion animations, models, craft works or art installations at home. 

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The Europlanet Iberian Hub is proud to announce the winners of the first planetary early-career prizes in Spain & Portugal. The winner of the "Abraham Zacut" Award for Best Iberian PhD Thesis in Planetary Sciences & Exploration is Jennifer Huidobro (University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)) for her thesis on "Exploring Martian and Lunar Geochemistry through the study of meteorites, analogs, laboratory simulation, and mission data analysis”. The winner of the "Pedro Nunes" Award for Best Iberian Master’s Thesis in Planetary Sciences & Exploration is Vasco Cardoso (University of Coimbra and University of Alicante) for his thesis on "Collisional Evolution of Jupiter Trojans". 

Many congratulations to the winners and thanks to all candidates for their participation. 

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Y Surkov et al, Planetary & Space Science, Vol 240, January 2024 
This study describes the identification of lunar spinels in sites with anomalous properties of regolith on the lunar surface  The collaboration of co-author, Sergey Velichko, from the Institute of Astronomy of V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University, was supported through the Europlanet 2024 RI programme of visits for Ukrainian researchers. 

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Visit the Europlanet Early Career Portal for details of jobs, PhD opportunities and summer schools!

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NASA set up an extensive list of working groups that engage in all science areas of HWO. The below form collects information by people declaring interest in joining any of these groups. Signing up in this form does not engage to actually join the group later on, but allows to receive information from the relevant email list. 

There is no deadline to express interest, however expressions of interest in co-chairing are being reviewed right now until all positions are filled. Please refer to the form for more information. 

Kiruna, Sweden 23-25 September 2024

The European Astrobiology Institute and the Society for Social and Conceptual Issues in Astrobiology are holding a joint meeting to discuss the ethical, political legal, societal and environmental aspects of space exploration. 

The conference will take place at Malmfälten Adult Education Centre in Kiruna, Sweden.

Application deadline: 1 May 2024

This early-careers workshop will take place in Tartu, Estonia from 24-31 August 2024. The workshop enables students and early career scientists to design micro-and nanosatellite missions. The work on the mission designs will continue after the workshop, thus ensuring a long-term impact. 

Co-organised by the European Astrobiology Institute, Univeristy of Tartu and Stockholm University Astrobiology Centre, the workshop will consist of lectures by leading scientists, planning sessions in small groups, as well as open discussions, a poster session and social activities. A limited number of bursaries for students and early career scientists from EAI institutions will be available.

Fixed term for five years

Application deadline 29/04/2024  

Job Summary: Develop a programme of educational resources that makes use of new observational and astronomical opportunities. 

Aix-Marseille Université is seeking a 24-month Postdoc (PhD-level position) to work on a Human Frontier Science Project (HFSP) funded project ‘The atmosphere: a living, breathing ecosystem?’.  

The project is a collaboration involving the MIO in Marseille (France), the University of Guelph (Canada), Monash University (Australia) and Arizona State University (USA).  

A four-year PhD position in Planetary Geodynamics is open at the Department of Geodynamics, Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain), working in the project MARVEN (Internal dynamics of Mars and Venus) under the guidance of Javier Ruiz, Alberto Jimenez-Díaz and Ignacio Romeo.

To apply, please send an expression of interest  to iromeobr@ucm.es with the following documents (in pdf format):

- Cover letter including statement of research experience and interests

- CV, including contact information for at least two references

- Copies of your academic transcripts 

#ESOjobs PhD students in astronomy or related fields to apply for ESO Studentship Programme 2024/2025, which allows carrying out part of their research at ESO's offices in either Garching (Germany) or Santiago (Chile).

The deadline to apply is 30 April 2024.