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Issue 25-13, June 25, 2025

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1. DPS ELECTIONS AND PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE DPS BYLAWS
2. DPS ELECTIONS CANDIDATE SLATE 
3. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE DPS BYLAWS

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DPS ELECTIONS AND PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE DPS BYLAWS 

Dear DPS Members,

We require your attention in a very important process concerning our community. The DPS Committee is asking you to vote and express your preference on two critical items of our activities: the new Committee members and the proposed changes in our bylaws that will allow us to operate more effectively.

All active DPS members recently received a ballot for a double vote: The ballot concerns both the 2025 DPS elections and necessary amendments in the DPS bylaws. This e-mail was sent to the address you used when registering with AAS/DPS.  If you do not see a ballot link in your mailbox, please check your spam/junk folder and also check that your DPS membership has not lapsed.  DPS Membership – AAS Division for Planetary Sciences

Please see hereafter the details for both requests of expression of opinion by the DPS membership. The deadline for the voting process is July 22, 2025.

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DPS ELECTIONS CANDIDATE SLATE

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LEADERSHIP: This year we are choosing a new Vice-Chair and two DPS Committee Members.  The Vice-Chair will become Chair in September 2026.  For more information about current officers and committee members, please visit the leadership section of the DPS website.  

CANDIDATES: Information and position statements for the candidates have been collected into this single PDF; however, if you prefer the information separately, please click on each candidate’s name in this section.  The same information is also accessible on your ballot.

Vice-Chair (Vote for 1)

• JA Grier – Planetary Science Institute
• Paul Hartogh – Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
• Ralph McNutt – Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

DPS Committee Members (Vote for 2)

• Arianna Piccialli – Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
• Carver Bierson – Scottsdale Community College
• Eddie Schwieterman – University of California at Riverside
• Stephanie Jarmak – NASA ADS

NEED HELP? Please contact Diane Frendak at [email protected] or 202-328-2010 x109.

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE DPS BYLAWS

As the DPS Committee has expanded the scope of its activities, Article III Section 9 of the DPS bylaws has been used to create 3-year special appointments to the Committee through the creation of new Subcommittees or tasks. The appointments have persisted but the officers holding them do not currently have voting rights.

As a consequence, the current DPS Committee has a sizable minority of non-voting members.

To restore equal voting rights, the Committee discussed, debated, and on March 27 2025 approved several changes to the bylaws as follows:

• Reclassified existing special appointments as voting members. This concerns the Publication Subcommittee Chair, the Environmental Subcommittee Chair, the Nominations Subcommittee Chair, the Professional Development Subcommittee Chair and the Historian.
• Enumerated their terms as presently being served
• Added descriptions of new voting officers’ roles and responsibilities and enhanced past ones
• Increased the quorum for Committee business, and specified that a majority of Committee members forming the quorum must be elected

No change will affect the committee’s ability to create new special appointments or in the duration of the terms.

The new bylaws proposed here have also been approved by the AAS Board of Trustees on 7 June 2025. 

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Issue 25-12, June 23, 2025

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1. EARLY REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE EPSC-DPS 2025 MEETING
2. TAKE ACTION NOW IN RESPONSE TO THE FY2026 PRESIDENT’S BUDGET REQUEST 
3. UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF THE FY26 PRESIDENT’S BUDGET REQUEST AND MATERIALS TO SUPPORT YOUR LOBBYING EFFORTS
4. INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL (ISC) STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION: VITAL YET VULNERABLE
5. SOLICITING DONATIONS FOR STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS TO THE EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING IN FALL 2025
6. SUPPORT REQUESTED FOR DPS PARTNER: THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK PHYSICISTS (NSBP)
7. 2025 DPS TRAVEL GRANT APPLICATION FORM IS OPEN
8. DPS COMMITTEE SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR PUBLICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR TO BEGIN TERM IN FALL 2025
9. DEPENDENT CARE GRANT APPLICATION FOR 2025 EPSC-DPS
10. PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION: PROGRESS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PLUTO SYSTEM: 10 YEARS AFTER FLYBY
11. NASA SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG) STEERING COMMITTEE SOLICITATION
12. 20 YEARS OF CELEBRATION OF THE HUYGENS LANDING AND THE CASSINI MISSION’S SUCCESS
13.  DPS PCCS STATEMENT ON MENTAL HEALTH
14. PLANETARY MISSION SENIOR REVIEW
15. REGISTRATION OPEN FOR INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INSTRUMENTATION FOR PLANETARY MISSIONS (IPM-2025)
16. PLANETARY DATA TRAINING WORKSHOP, AUGUST 12-15, 2025, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
17. SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: JUICE SCHOOL AT LES HOUCHES (FRANCE), 25-30 JANUARY 2026
18. THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN CONTEXT – CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
19. [AGU 2025, NEW ORLEANS, 15-19 DEC] SESSION P008 – CREATING SUSTAINABLE HABITATS AND ECOSYSTEMS BEYOND EARTH
20. [AGU 2025] P049: URANUS ORBITER AND PROBE MISSION DESIGN: ADVANCES SINCE THE DECADAL SURVEY
21. MERCURY LABORATORY WORKSHOP 2025: CALL FOR ABSTRACT
22. CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL AND ICARUS
23. JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE EPSC-DPS 2025 MEETING

Registration is now open for the EPSC-DPS Joint 2025 Meeting in Finlandia Hall Helsinki, Finland from September 7-12, 2025. Registration is required for all EPSC-DPS 2025 participants including presenting authors of submitted and accepted abstracts, session conveners, and solicited speakers. Registration fees cover access to all scientific events, as well as refreshments during the coffee breaks and networking events.

Registration at early registration rates will be possible through July 31, 2025. The early registration payment can be made by bank transfer, credit card (Mastercard, VISA, JCB or American Express), or PayPal. As of 1 August 2025, the late registration rates will be applied and payment of your registration will only be possible by credit card or PayPal.

Please use the following link to access the registration page where you can find more information about the rates and the in person or virtual registration process.

https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/attend/registration.html

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TAKE ACTION NOW IN RESPONSE TO THE FY2026 PRESIDENT’S BUDGET REQUEST 

With the details of the FY2026 President’s Budget Request (PBR) now released, grass roots advocacy is more important than ever. Proposed budgetary levels for the planetary sciences represent an existential threat to our field. If the requested budget is enacted, the U.S. will cede space exploration leadership and reliable partnership to other spacefaring nations, curtail substantial economic activity across the country, and undermine the broader U.S. workforce of students and researchers in all 50 states and territories across academic, industry, government, and nonprofit sectors. Furthermore, if the U.S. is to achieve our current aspirational objectives of returning to the Moon with human and robotic assets, putting the first human on Mars, and exploring beyond the inner solar system, we cannot afford to adopt the funding levels proposed in the PBR. During these uncertain and unprecedented times of social and economic crisis, YOU can still raise your voice and TAKE ACTION to protect NASA, NSF, and DOE planetary science funding.

Below is an example email and phone script to help craft your message when reaching out to Congressional offices. There is also space to share a “personal message” about your federally funded planetary science research and the impacts of proposed budget cuts on you personally. It is most effective to both email and call your members of Congress; however, a phone call is more likely to have an immediate impact. When you use the Call button below, the system will call the phone number you entered to connect you with all three of your members of Congress in succession, so please end each call with the star (*) button instead of the end-call button to be automatically directed to the next office. 

Please email the AAS Public Policy Office ([email protected]) if you have any questions prior to reaching out to your Senators and Representatives. The AAS Public Policy Office can also provide email addresses of the relevant Congressional staffers who cover NASA, NSF, and DOE Science. The AAS DPS FRS is also available as an advocacy resource and can be reached at: [email protected]. Please note that any messages with crude or inflammatory language will not be passed on, and please be respectful during any communications with Congressional offices (messages should align with the AAS Mission and Vision Statement and AAS Code of Ethics).  

Thank you for advocating for the U.S. planetary science community!

Email Message (also converted into phone call talking points):

I am reaching out to express my grave concern about the deep cuts to federal funding for the planetary sciences that are proposed in the FY2026 President’s Budget Request. As a research scientist, my work depends on consistent and stable funding of the federal science agencies, including NASA, NSF, and DOE, which is also crucial for my personal economic stability and that of my fellow Americans in individual districts and states across the country.  

I urge you to not to accept the proposed funding levels for the planetary sciences in the FY2026 PBR. Stable funding for planetary science ensures that the U.S. can maintain an extensive national foundation for leadership in space exploration, which is of strategic importance to our nation, and investments in space agencies can continue to deliver scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit our society. 

If the budget cuts proposed in the PBR are enacted, American leadership in space and space exploration will be jeopardized and conceded to our global competitors. These cuts will create long-lasting setbacks to our space program and irreparably damage the reputation of the U.S. in the space exploration community. As a representative of the planetary science community, I am also troubled by the ongoing loss of crucial talent from the U.S., to other nations around the world, which we need to retain here at home to maintain leadership in science and technology.

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UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF THE FY26 PRESIDENT’S BUDGET REQUEST AND MATERIALS TO SUPPORT YOUR LOBBYING EFFORTS

On 30 May, NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) released detailed budget requests for Fiscal Year 2026, providing additional information beyond the overview given in the FY26 “skinny” President’s Budget Request (PBR). This link provides more detail for both NASA and NSF, highlighting the most significant impacts to astronomy. 

The Planetary Society has produced a helpful supplement to the NASA FY23 economic report that you can use to highlight the benefits of NASA science in your state and district as you reach out to your representatives.  https://dashboards.planetary.org/nasa-science.html

Lindsay DeMarchi has published a white paper entitled, “A Comprehensive Guide to the U.S. Civil Space Budget” that provides an overview of the U.S federal civil space budget between FY23 and proposed spending in FY25.  

The House Science Committee Minority Staff is seeking information from scientists whose grants have been cancelled. If you would like to share information about your cancelled grants, you can do so here.

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INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL (ISC) STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION: VITAL YET VULNERABLE

As global challenges grow more complex, the foundations of international scientific collaboration are increasingly under threat. In a statement issued 20 June, the International Science Council’s Governing Board underscores the urgent need to protect and strengthen global cooperation in science – essential not only for advancing knowledge and innovation, but for safeguarding the wellbeing of people and planet alike.

Science is a special form of globally shared knowledge which the world needs more than ever in addressing the challenges that all face. The international collaboration that is at its heart has been created over many decades, but is now vulnerable and fragile. Given the enormous importance of science to national and global wellbeing, the International Science Council appeals to all decision makers to ensure that the principles of science and its institutions are protected, and that international scientific cooperation is maintained and ideally strengthened.

The full statement can be found at : https://council.science/statements/international-scientific-collaboration-vital-yet-vulnerable/

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SOLICITING DONATIONS FOR STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS TO THE EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING IN FALL 2025

Division for Planetary Science (DPS) Hartmann Student Travel Grants support student presentations at the annual DPS meeting (postdoctoral scholars may also be eligible, but students are prioritized). Underrepresented Minority (URM) Communities in Planetary Science Travel Grants support attendance by students and professionals who are members of groups that have had inadequate access to the planetary science community, such as students and professionals hailing from colleges and non-R1 academic or research institutions that have not traditionally benefited from connections to the planetary science community, and/or students and professionals with degrees in broader STEM disciplines (e.g., chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics) who are new to the planetary science community.

Community donations are critical to support these awards. To donate, please log in to your AAS account, and select the grant you wish to support. Thank you VERY MUCH in advance! 

DPS Donations

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SUPPORT REQUESTED FOR DPS PARTNER: THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK PHYSICISTS (NSBP)

DPS has been proud to partner with the Earth and Planetary Systems Sciences (EPSS) section of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), supporting a presentation from the DPS-NSBP Speaker Awardee at the DPS annual meeting as well as travel of a few planetary scientists to the NSBP annual meeting. For the latter, DPS has generally focused on sending postdocs and early career scientists to the NSBP meeting as, historically, NSBP has been able fully support the travel for most of the students who attend the conference. However, recent cuts to funding from traditional federal partners have drastically reduced NSBP’s ability to support most of the students to attend their conference so they are soliciting for community donations; on average, the cost to cover a student’s travel and lodging is $1500. The link to donate directly to NSBP is below; alternatively, if you prefer to donate through DPS, community contributions, the DPS URM Travel Grant fund will also be used to support travel to the NSBP meeting. Donations through either path should be U.S. tax deductible. Many thanks to all who support these future planetary scientists!

To donate directly to NSBP: https://nsbp.org/page/conferencestudentsupport

To donate to the DPS URM travel grant: https://dps.aas.org/Inclusivity/support-underrepresented-minority-communities-planetary-science

For more on the DPS-NSBP partnership: https://dps.aas.org/leadership/nsbp_parnership

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2025 DPS TRAVEL GRANT APPLICATION FORM IS OPEN

The DPS Travel Grant application form is open to support participation in the joint meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and DPS (EPSC-DPS 2025) in Helsinki, Finland 7-12 September 2025, or the National Society of Black Physicists-National Society of Hispanics Physicists annual meeting, via the Hartmann and the Under-Represented Minority (URM) Travel grants.

The Hartmann Student Travel Grant supports student presentations at the annual DPS-EPSC meeting. (Postdoctoral scholars may also be eligible, but students are prioritized.)

The Underrepresented Minority (URM) Communities in Planetary Science Travel Grant supports attendance by students and professionals who are members of groups that have had inadequate access to the planetary science community, in an effort to ensure broad engagement and access to planetary science.  Applications are especially encouraged from members of group(s) whose contributions to STEM may have been overlooked, students and professionals hailing from colleges and non-R1 academic or research institutions* that have not traditionally benefited from connections to the planetary science community, and/or students and professionals with degrees in broader STEM disciplines (e.g., chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics) who are new to the planetary science community  — to support in-person or virtual attendance at the joint DPS-EPSC or joint NSBP-NSHP meetings.

* Relevant institutions include small colleges and universities, primarily undergraduate institutions, and minority serving institutions (MSIs), including but not limited to Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities.“

Apply here to both/either type of DPS grant: https://dps.aas.org/news/dps-travel-grants-application/ The deadline is July 3.

Note: Members of Europlanet should apply for Europlanet awards through the abstract submission form.

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DPS COMMITTEE SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR PUBLICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR TO BEGIN TERM IN FALL 2025

The Publications Subcommittee Chair will serve a three-year term starting with the EPSC-DPS meeting in September 2025. The Publications Subcommittee is responsible for managing the relationship between DPS and its designated publications, Icarus and the Planetary Science Journal, and also stays aware of issues in planetary science publications more generally. The Publications Subcommittee regularly reviews the publication policies of journals that the DPS endorses and supports.

If you’re interested, please send a CV and a brief statement of interest to [email protected]

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DEPENDENT CARE GRANT APPLICATION FOR 2025 EPSC-DPS

The DPS’s Susan Niebur Professional Development Fund provides financial assistance to qualifying DPS members in order to facilitate their meeting attendance by offsetting costs for childcare, elder care, spousal care, etc. at the meeting location or at home during DPS conferences. We are now accepting applications for the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. First Deadline: Tuesday, August 5, 2025. Review of submissions will begin on the first deadline; further requests will be accepted and reviewed, funding and eligibility permitting. For more information and to apply for the grant, visit: https://dps.aas.org/development/dps-dependent-care-grant-application

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PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION: PROGRESS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PLUTO SYSTEM: 10 YEARS AFTER FLYBY

The Progress in Understanding the Pluto System: 10 Years After Flyby meeting is scheduled for July 14–18, 2025, at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU APL), in Laurel, Maryland, with virtual participation available (https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/plutosystem2025/).

Detailed information about the program is available by viewing the program and abstracts. Authors should review the author index for abstracts accepted for presentation to see where they have been scheduled. If authors’ names in the index need to be updated, email [email protected]. Authors should also review all presenter information for oral and/or poster presentations.  

In-person and virtual registration is open on the relevant page at the meeting website. Before the meeting, all registrants will receive an email from Houston Meeting Info with virtual connection information. 

Optional events are available for meeting attendees.

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NASA SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG) STEERING COMMITTEE SOLICITATION

SBAG facilitates and mediates the relationship between the small bodies and planetary defense science and technology communities; identifies, collects, and represents the priorities of these communities; and acts as a bridge between the small bodies community and NASA. SBAG is led by its Steering Committee (SC). Historically, the SC organizes two SBAG meetings per year, writes official SBAG findings, and takes a leadership role in activities requiring community input.  

The SBAG SC is currently soliciting two new general members and a Planetary Defense Lead. Members of the small bodies community from any career stage, including international members, are welcome to apply. The nominal term of service is three years, starting in August 2025.

All applications require: 1) a two-page CV, including a description of participation in SBAG, other small bodies organizations, or related work, and 2) a short (300 words maximum) statement of interest. Criteria for selection are participation in small bodies community organizations/commissions/committees/etc., demonstrated leadership experience, and relevant research or mission experience. 

Additionally, the Planetary Defense Lead serves as the lead representative for the interface between small bodies science and planetary defense activities and leads SC activities related to the joint concerns of these topics. The application should (i) meet the requirements of the general member application, (ii) indicate a preference for the Planetary Defense Lead position, and (iii) include relevant planetary defense experience.

Send application packages to Lori Feaga ([email protected]) by July 11, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT. The new SC members will be announced in August.

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag

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20 YEARS OF CELEBRATION OF THE HUYGENS LANDING AND THE CASSINI MISSION’S SUCCESS

PLEASE JOIN US !

20 years celebration of the Huygens landing and the Cassini mission’s success

16-18 September 2025, Paris Observatory, France

RATIONALE :

Twenty years ago, on 14 January 2005, the Huygens probe, carried into the Saturnian system by the Cassini probe, landed on the surface of Titan, its largest satellite, after a 2.5-hour parachute descent. Launched in 1997, after 7.5 years of interplanetary travel, the Cassini-Huygens space mission delivered 13 years of exploration of an extremely complex planet-satellites-ring system with unique dynamic processes and couplings.  Huygens demonstrates the exceptional capabilities of the European Space Agency and European laboratories in the exploration of the solar system, in association with many partners around the world. The results of this mission are numerous, rich and continue to provide us with new information to this day.

We propose to take advantage of the 20th anniversary of the Huygens landing to look back on this remarkable event, which marked the history of space exploration, review the information obtained during this exceptional exploration and discuss the future projects of space agencies at the dawn of programs such as ESA’s Voyage 2050 or NASA’s Decadal Survey (Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032). During this three-day symposium, we will discuss the origins and discoveries of this international mission (ESA, NASA, ASI) in terms of science and technological processes, but we also look to the future with the increasingly ambitious programs of the space agencies, for a return to Titan and also to Enceladus, Saturn’s other satellite with extraordinary characteristics. 

Indeed, in the decades to come, our knowledge, not only of Titan (thanks to the Dragonfly mission which will be launched in 2028), but also of the other satellites and of icy worlds in general, in particular Enceladus, the preferred target of future flagship missions (NASA’s “Flagship” or ESA’s L4), will be manifold. The same is true for the Saturnian system and our solar system in general. Cassini-Huygens is still cited today as an example of a successful international collaboration by space agencies and experts, who praise its scientific merit and the inspiration it provides for future generations. It can act as a bridge to the future and its legacy will certainly ensure a scientific return of great importance for generations to come.

You can find more information and register or submit an abstract at this web site:

https://huygens20.sciencesconf.org

For the SOC : Athena Coustenis, Marcello Fulchignoni, Jean-Pierre Lebreton, Panayotis Lavvas

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DPS PCCS STATEMENT ON MENTAL HEALTH

Accomplishing NASA’s science objectives is currently being challenged by rapidly changing federal priorities. Significant changes have been proposed for the next fiscal year’s federal budget, and the delay of the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2025 call has created immense funding uncertainty  for our community of planetary scientists. Additionally, varied interpretations of U.S. Executive Orders have resulted in situations where certain types of work remain unfunded and/or censored. 

The present workplace climate adds to the already high stresses of our vocation, which often calls upon us to work long hours and commit to volunteer efforts to advance our understanding of the solar system. This heightened stress comes about against a backdrop of broader societal and political unrest and fears. As a result of these ongoing events, many members of our community are understandably feeling anxious or stressed.

The DPS Professional Climate and Culture Subcommittee (PCCS) encourages everyone to take a moment, whenever possible, to acknowledge that times are overwhelmingly difficult right now. We urge you to consider ways to be extra kind to yourselves and to others. Pausing when things feel difficult and overwhelming can put them in perspective. Many institutions offer mental health support services, and we encourage the members of our community to utilize any resources they may need.

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PLANETARY MISSION SENIOR REVIEW

As required by Congress, the Planetary Mission Senior Review (PMSR) was conducted by NASA’s Planetary Science Division (PSD) in early 2025 to evaluate proposals requesting extended operations in FY26 through FY28 for: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Mars Odyssey (ODY), Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Mars

Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN), and Juno. A Final Report of all reviewed missions, written by the Review Chairs, was delivered to NASA PSD on March 26, 2025. The Final Report has been posted publicly at:

https://science.nasa.gov/planetary-science/resources/senior-review

While the senior review is an important factor in NASA decisions on the future of these missions, these decisions are currently deferred until further notice.

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REGISTRATION OPEN FOR INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INSTRUMENTATION FOR

PLANETARY MISSIONS (IPM-2025)

Registration is now open for the sixth International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions (IPM-2025), which will be held in Boulder, Colorado on August 4 – 6, 2025. This workshop will convene scientists, engineers, students and other stakeholders who develop or

use instrumentation onboard planetary missions to discuss key planetary science questions and the technology that is required to address these questions.

The in-person registration fee is $225, and the deadline for in-person registration is July 10. Remote registration is free and the deadline for remote registration is July 25, 2025.

IPM-2025 website: https://lasp.colorado.edu/meetings/ipm-2025/

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PLANETARY DATA TRAINING WORKSHOP, AUGUST 12-15, 2025, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

This in-person only workshop is designed to provide an introduction into using planetary spatial data in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software, with a focus on studies of terrestrial planets and icy satellite surface research. The workshop will include a combination of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises with the software. Computer work stations will be provided by ASU, or you may bring your own laptop. Topics will include:  JMARS (Day 1), ArcGIS Pro (Day 2), ISIS3 for image processing (Day 3 morning), Planetary Data Management and an introduction to NASA’s Planetary Data System (Day 3 afternoon), and an introduction to planetary geologic mapping (Day 4, hands-on).  The instructors of each of these activities are experts in their respective fields, some of which were staff of the former NASA Regional Planetary Information Facilities (RPIFs), and have years of experience in the use of digital planetary data for research.

This workshop is offered by the Planetary Data Training program, funded through NASA’s Topical Workshops, Symposia, and Conferences (TWSC), and is facilitated by the Ronald Greeley Center for Planetary Studies, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

Two $2000 travel grants are offered to promote workforce enhancement in planetary science and STEM.  These are for domestic travel only by US citizens or foreign nationals at US institutions.  Applications due June 30, 2025.

For the Registration form, Travel Grant application, and more information, visit:  https://rgcps.asu.edu/gis-pdtw-aug-2025/

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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: JUICE SCHOOL AT LES HOUCHES (FRANCE), 25-30 JANUARY 2026

This school is targeted (but not limited) to early career scientists. It will cover the main science topics of the JUICE mission with the goal to best prepare the future exploitation and interpretation of its data. Key topics include Jupiter, its atmosphere and magnetosphere, the

icy Galilean moons (with an emphasis on Ganymede), minor moons and the dust and ring system. Ground- and space-based observations recently obtained on the Jupiter system, as well as links with exoplanet science, will also be presented. The format of the school includes tutorials, seminar-like presentations, inspirational evening talks, a poster session, a workshop on science planning and archive, and a roundtable on future missions to outer planets.

Deadline for registration and request for grants: 15 August 2025

For more information, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/2sw74252

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THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN CONTEXT – CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

We are happy to announce the 2025 NOIRLab Science Conference: The Solar System in Context, which will take place on 29 September – 2 October in Tucson, Arizona. The conference will be focused on the interdisciplinarity of the formation and evolution of the Solar System, exoplanetary systems, and their stars.

Main topics include: disks; stellar evolution; planet-star connections; (exo)planets; planetary demographics; habitability; planet formation, migration, & evolution; rocky small bodies & (exo)moons; active asteroids & (exo)comets; interstellar objects; instrumentation & software tools, and more.

We welcome abstracts submitted using the abstract submission form or through the conference website: https://noirlab.edu/solar-system-in-context. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 11 July 2025.

Important Dates:

21 May – Abstract Submission Opens 

2 June – Registration Opens (in-person and virtual options) 

11 July – Abstract Submission Closes 

15 September – Registration Deadline

Contact: [email protected]

Please join us as we deepen our understanding of the formation and evolution of planetary systems and broaden our perspectives on the context of our Solar System.

Sarah Greenstreet (on behalf of the SOC and LOC)

The Solar System in Context (https://noirlab.edu/solar-system-in-context)

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[AGU 2025, NEW ORLEANS, 15-19 DEC] SESSION P008 – CREATING SUSTAINABLE HABITATS AND ECOSYSTEMS BEYOND EARTH

If we decide in the future to create sustainable habitats and ecosystems beyond Earth, then science will have a critical role to play. As the cost of access to space continues to fall, a fresh look at the research agenda for this topic is timely. We encourage contributions on all aspects of both local and global terraforming, including planetary atmospheres, climate modeling and climate feedbacks, monitoring of climate change beyond Earth, spacecraft data analysis, hydrology, soil/regolith composition and suitability (or otherwise) for life, biogeochemistry, in-situ resource utilization, oxygen production, ecology, and space physics and space environment

monitoring, as well as the exploration and distribution of terraforming-relevant resources. Submissions on technologies and techniques that support terraforming goals are also encouraged.

To submit an abstract, please visit:

https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/prelim.cgi/Session/248293

Conveners: Edwin Kite, Robin Wordsworth, Nina Lanza, and Chuanfei Dong

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[AGU 2025] P049: URANUS ORBITER AND PROBE MISSION DESIGN: ADVANCES SINCE THE DECADAL SURVEY

The Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey recommended the Uranus Orbiter and Probe as the top priority Flagship for the decade 2023-2032.  We invite contributions on updated mission design concepts; trajectory work; mission architecture trades, challenges, and solutions that enable robust exploration of the Uranian system; and innovative, but feasible, concepts that enhance the science return of the mission.  We encourage submissions to include how cross-disciplinary science synergies are enabled by the updated work (e.g., cruise science), but discussions of specific instrumentation or science priorities do not fall under the purview of this session. 

https:// https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/prelim.cgi/Session/246909

Conveners: Amy Simon, Ian Cohen, Mark Hofstadter

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MERCURY LABORATORY WORKSHOP 2025: CALL FOR ABSTRACT

The abstract submission for the Mercury Laboratory Workshop 2025 is now open: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/bepicolombo-mercury-lab-workshop/abstract-submission

The Mercury Laboratory Workshop 2025 is hosted by the University of Helsinki, Finland on 15-17 September, 2025. The aim of the workshop is to discuss the laboratory experiments available and/or desiderable worldwide relevant to Mercury and to connect laboratory researchers working on related Mercury research.

The abstract submission deadline is July 15th at 11 pm (CEST) and the registration is open until August 23rd.

In addition, we are pleased to inform you that the ESA Education Office sponsors the attendance of up to 4 students to attend the Mercury Laboratory Workshop 2025. To apply please follow the instructions here: COSMOS Student Sponsorship Programme – BepiColombo Mercury Lab Workshop

For more information about the workshop, please visit our website: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/bepicolombo-mercury-lab-workshop/home

For any questions please contact: Antti Penttilä ([email protected]), Mikko Vuori ([email protected]) and Océane Barraud ([email protected]).

We look forward to welcoming you to Helsinki!

Océane Barraud, Antti Penttilä and Mikko Vuori

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CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL AND ICARUS

The current issues for both DPS-affiliated journals are here:

The Planetary Science Journal:

Issue 6 – Volume 6 – The Planetary Science Journal – IOPscience

Icarus:

Icarus | Vol 433, In progress (June 2025) | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

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JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

Job seekers and employers are encouraged to browse DPS’s job listings and advertise open positions **for free** on the DPS job board.

Full details for several new positions can be found on the DPS job board.

A summary of recent job announcements and postdoc opportunities are listed below.

1. Graduate Student / Researcher Position in Asteroid Science at TU Braunschweig (Germany)

The Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics at the TU Braunschweig is seeking to fill a three-year researcher position (100% FTE, suitable to work towards obtaining a PhD degree) in asteroid science. Details of the position can be found here:

https://tinyurl.com/3urjw9pv

2. Post-doc Opportunity at Washington University in St. Louis

The Experimental Studies of Planetary Materials group at Washington University, St. Louis  is asking for help identifying potential candidates for a postdoctoral position.

https://espm.wustl.edu

Our lab investigates the rheology and physical properties of Earth and planetary materials through laboratory experiments and microstructural analysis. Broadly, we seek to understand the dynamics of Earth’s interior and other planetary bodies, with particular emphasis on the

processes that govern plate tectonics, lithosphere dynamics, mantle convection, and deformation across multiple scales.

I am eager to work with scholars from a variety of backgrounds, including those with limited experimental experience. This postdoc would be a great opportunity for someone with a recent PhD in planetary geology or planetary interiors, who would like to diversify their skill set before entering the faculty job market.

Please feel free to share this opportunity with any students or colleagues who may be interested.

Philip Skemer ([email protected])

3. Post-doc Position at University of Central Florida

The McKeown Group in the University of Central Florida (UCF) Department of Physics in the College of Sciences seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Scholar to help set up the new FROSTIE lab, aimed at investigating icy planetary surface processes under simulated planetary conditions. The postdoctoral scholar will have the opportunity to research icy geomorphological signatures of seasonal processes on Mars and transient liquid water activity relevant for icy airless worlds. The successful candidate will lead design, integration and testing of cryo-vacuum regulation and data acquisition systems. Experience working with cryogenic thermal-vacuum systems is necessary. The scholar’s technical expertise will be integral to the successful completion of cutting-edge experiments investigating the roles of ice sublimation and endogenic liquid water activity in modifying the surfaces of Mars, Europa and small bodies. The scholar would begin the position as soon as possible and serve for 24 months, extendable upon the availability of funds and mutual agreement of the scholar and the supervisor.

https://tinyurl.com/4h8dzb9f

4. Purdue Hiring For Electron Microprobe Staff Scientist

Purdue University is seeking candidates for a Staff Scientist position to operate and maintain the JXA-iHP200F FE-EPMA laboratory and other relevant electron microscopy instrumentation. The successful candidate will provide technical training to researchers, students, and external collaborators, and support cutting-edge research in Earth, planetary, and synthetic materials. The Staff Scientist will join a multidisciplinary team at Purdue’s Electron Microscopy Center (PEMC), including Research Assistants and Staff Scientists with a wide array of

expertise. This role will include providing expert consultation and research support for consortium-style and highly coordinated investigations conducted as part of the newly established NASA Planetary Science Enabling Facility: Purdue Resources Empowering

Coordinated Investigations for Sample Exploration (PRECISE). Here the successful candidate will professionally liaise with external collaborators to strengthen academic, industry, and government partnerships. Additional details can be found on the application page at:

https://careers.purdue.edu/job/Staff-Scientist/37380-en_US

5. Postdoc Position in ML Supported Cloud Formation Modelling

The successful candidate will be part of Prof Christiane Helling’s research group “Exoplanets: Weather & Climate” at the Space Research Institute in Graz. The project is conducted in collaboration with Prof. Robert Peharz from the Graz University of Technology.

In this project, we are interested in understanding cloud formation in exoplanets and specifically the formation of molecular cluster as precursors of cloud formation in the diversity of exoplanets. We aim to explore advanced neural network architectures, particularly Graph

Neural Networks (GNNs) and generative models, to predict the 3D structures and thermo-chemical properties of large molecular clusters-tasks that are computationally prohibitive using traditional methods like Density functional theory (DFT) and molecular dynamics. Our modelling efforts support JWST and CHEOPS in physically interpreting observational data. We further contribute to science case studies and science preparation for PLATO, the high-energy space mission NewATHENA as well as HWO.

Which domain competence are we looking for:

• Astrochemistry (including carbo-hydrates),
• Cloud formation modelling (including the Solar System, exoplanets, brown dwarfs, AGB stars),
• Computational chemistry (including molecular cluster simulations), or
• Theoretical physics (quantum chemistry, material sciences).

Further information can be found here:

Available Positions in Planetary Science

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1. AAS WEEK OF ACTION MAY 5 – MAY 9
2. EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING 2025: ABSTRACT DEADLINE MAY 7, 13:00 CEST (7:00 EST)
3. 2025 DPS TRAVEL GRANT APPLICATION FORM IS OPEN
4. DPS COMMITTEE SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR PUBLICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR TO BEGIN TERM IN FALL 2025
5. DPS 2025 ELECTION : CANDIDATE SLATE
6. JOIN US FOR A PUBLIC EVENT: EXPLORING EUROPA
7. 33RD MEETING OF THE NASA SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG)
8. CHEOPS GUEST OBSERVER TIME DEADLINE MAY 8 AT 12:00 CEST
9. BINARIES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM VI – CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
10. THREE PHD POSITIONS IN SPACE PHYSICS AT UMEA UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN
11. [EPSC-DPS 2025] SESSION ODAA3: DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVENESS IN PLANETARY SCIENCES
12. ABSTRACT DEADLINE REMINDER: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INSTRUMENTATION FOR PLANETARY MISSIONS 6
13. [NASA] SMDP: OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIST AND GUEST INVESTIGATORS IN THE BEPICOLOMBO MISSION
14. [EPSC-DPS] SESSION MITM11: SYNERGIES BETWEEN SPACE MISSIONS AND GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
15. [EPSC-DPS] SESSION ODAA6: OPEN PLANETARY SCIENCE FOR EFFECTIVE KNOWLEDGE CO-CREATION AND DISSEMINATION
16. [EPSC-DPS] SESSION SB1: INTERSTELLAR OBJECTS – FROM THEORY TO OBSERVATIONS
17. [EPSC-DPS] SESSION TP2: ATMOSPHERES AND EXOSPHERES OF TERRESTRIAL BODIES
18. CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR ICARUS AND THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL 
19. JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

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AAS WEEK OF ACTION MAY 5 – MAY 9

Friday May 2 AAS President Dara Norman sent an e-mail discussing the President’s Budget Request and introducing the AAS week of action. Her letter is included below. The AAS is hosting a week of action, and we ask all of our DPS members to take a few minutes each day this week to engage in advocacy.  

Dear Colleague,

As you may have seen, the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request* was released today. This budget request provides suggestions for the level of funding that Congress should appropriate for federal programs. The plan proposes slashing $163 billion in federal spending for the next fiscal year, which includes a 56% cut to the National Science Foundation, a 47% cut to NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, and a 14% cut to the Department of Energy’s Office of Science. These proposed cuts are certainly alarming, and the AAS Board of Trustees has released a statement highlighting the potential impacts if such cuts were to be enacted. If you are interested in reading more, Colin Hamill has written a blog post explaining today’s budget request in more detail. 

While the proposed cuts to our science agencies are deeply concerning, it is important to remember that the President’s Budget Request is not law, it is only a proposal. Congress holds the power of the purse and will ultimately pass bills that set the funding levels for FY26. During the first Trump administration, we saw large cuts to science funding in the budget request, but Congress largely ignored those cuts and chose to increase federal funding for the sciences. However, for a multitude of reasons, we cannot assume the current Congress will do the same this time. The President’s Budget Request should serve as a call to action for our community — we are facing an existential threat, and we must actively engage with Congress to show why the work that we do is meaningful for the nation.  

[The week of May 5] AAS will be hosting a week of action, calling on all of us to take a few minutes each day to engage in advocacy, whether that be calling and emailing your members of Congress, or educating yourself on federal science funding through a journal club. You can find details for the week of action here, and keep an eye out on AAS social media channels for daily guidance. I also encourage you to request a Zoom or local meeting with your congressional offices and consider inviting a congressional staffer to your institution/department. I met with my own congressional office in Tucson a week ago, and earlier this week, the faculty at Michigan State University invited a staffer from their Representative’s office to visit the department. We need more voices to do the same. Please reach out to the AAS public policy team ([email protected]) and they would be thrilled to assist you with setting up such meetings. If you would like to opt-in to regular communications from the AAS policy team about advocacy actions you can take, please fill out this short form. 

We are in unprecedented times of risk for scientific research. These times call for extraordinary action if we want our elected representatives and the public to continue to support this critical work. Please engage with us at the AAS to make our voices heard!  

 — Dara Norman, AAS President

* Note that the request released on May 2 is a “skinny” budget, which generally does not include proposed budgets at the division or program level for these agencies. We expect more detailed information to be released later this month.

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 EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING 2025: ABSTRACT DEADLINE MAY 7, 13:00 CEST (7:00 EST)

The EPSC committee, the DPS Committee, the Scientific Organizing Committee and Copernicus Meetings invite the world-wide community of planetary scientists to submit an abstract for presentation of their recent work at the EPSC-DPS2025 meeting, which will take place at the Finlandia Hall Helsinki, Finland, 7–12 September 2025. EPSC-DPS2025 will be organised as a fully hybrid meeting and will allow virtual access to all oral and poster sessions.  EPSC-DPS2025

We are looking forward to meeting everyone in person this year in Helsinki. The ethos for EPSC-DPS2025 is to create a simple, flexible, and inclusive meeting that provides multiple opportunities for interaction, scientific discussion, and networking. The programme of the congress will contain oral and poster sessions, as well as workshops and panel discussions.

The current list of sessions is organised around the following 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)

Submit your abstract now by accessing the scientific programme and the abstract submission tool. Please browse the list of sessions and identify the session that most closely matches your area of interest; your abstract can be submitted directly to that session.

Abstract deadline: 7 May 2025, 13:00 CEST (7:00 US Eastern Time)

For future deadlines including (early) registration, refer to the deadlines & milestones of the conference.  Information on registration (which will open in early June) and social events, as well as a separate online form for requesting splinter meetings & workshops will also be available soon on the meeting website.

We look forward to seeing you in Helsinki!

• Lena Noack & Noah Jäggi on behalf of the EPSC committee
• Athena Coustenis & Scott Murchie on behalf of the DPS committee
• Stavro Ivanovski, Ákos Kereszturi, Connor Nixon, and James Roberts
  on behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee
• Katrin Krüger on behalf of Copernicus Meetings

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2025 DPS TRAVEL GRANT APPLICATION FORM IS OPEN

The DPS Travel Grant application form is open to support participation in the joint meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and DPS (EPSC-DPS 2025) in Helsinki, Finland 7-12 September 2025, or the National Society of Black Physicists- National Society of Hispanics Physicists annual meeting, via the Hartmann and the Under-Represented Minority (URM) Travel grants.

The Hartmann Student Travel Grant supports student presentations at the annual DPS-EPSC meeting. (Postdoctoral scholars may also be eligible, but students are prioritized.)

The Underrepresented Minority (URM) Communities in Planetary Science Travel Grant supports attendance by students and professionals who are members of groups that have had inadequate access to the planetary science community, in an effort to ensure broad engagement and access to planetary science.  Applications are especially encouraged from members of group(s) whose contributions to STEM may have been overlooked, students and professionals hailing from colleges and non-R1 academic or research institutions* that have not traditionally benefited from connections to the planetary science community, and/or students and professionals with degrees in broader STEM disciplines (e.g., chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics) who are new to the planetary science community  — to support in-person or virtual attendance at the joint DPS-EPSC or joint NSBP-NSHP meetings.

* Relevant institutions include small colleges and universities, primarily undergraduate institutions, and minority serving institutions (MSIs), including but not limited to Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities.“

Apply here to both/either type of DPS grant: https://dps.aas.org/news/dps-travel-grants-application/ The deadline is July 3.

Note: Members of Europlanet should apply for Europlanet awards through the abstract submission form.

Community donations are critical for the health of these awards. Instructions to donate are linked at https://dps.aas.org/news/dps-travel-grants-application/

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DPS COMMITTEE SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR PUBLICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR TO BEGIN TERM IN FALL 2025

The Publications Subcommittee Chair will serve a three-year term starting with the EPSC-DPS meeting in September 2025. The Publications Subcommittee is responsible for managing the relationship between DPS and its designated publications, Icarus and the Planetary Science Journal, and also stays aware of issues in planetary science publications more generally. The Publications Subcommittee regularly reviews the publication policies of journals that the DPS endorses and supports.

If you’re interested, please send a CV and a brief statement of interest to [email protected]

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DPS 2025 ELECTION : CANDIDATE SLATE

The DPS Nominating Subcommittee has identified the following candidates for the 2025 DPS elections for Vice Chair and Committee Members

Vice Chair  (1 to be elected):

• Paul Hartogh – Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
• Ralph McNutt – Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Committee (2 to be elected):

• Arianna Piccialli – Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
• Carver Bierson – Scottsdale Community College
• Eddie Schwieterman – University of California at Riverside
• Stephanie Jarmak – NASA ADS

Per the DPS Bylaws, additional candidates for Vice Chair or Committee Member, supported by a petition of at least 20 DPS members, may be nominated by May 21, 2025.  Please send any nominations to DPS secretary, Denise Stephens, at [email protected]

The DPS Committee thanks the members of the Nominating Subcommittee for their dedicated service to the DPS: 

Tim Livengood (chair), Jessica Noviello, and Therese Encrenaz

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JOIN US FOR A PUBLIC EVENT: EXPLORING EUROPA

Join the LPI for a hybrid presentation (offered in-person and virtually) by Dr. Walter Kiefer, Director of the LPI. Dr. Kiefer will discuss NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and its 1.8-billion-mile journey to Jupiter’s moon, Europa. Launched in October 2024, Europa Clipper is the first mission designed to conduct a detailed study of Europa. A vast ocean lies beneath Europa’s icy shell, and there is scientific evidence that the ingredients for life may exist on Europa right now.

Exploring Europa with Europa Clipper

Thursday, June 5  7:30 p.m. CT (8:30 p.m. ET/ 6:30 p.m. MT/ 5:30 p.m. PT)

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33RD MEETING OF THE NASA SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG)

The 33rd Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) is scheduled for June 24–25, 2025, at the Arvada Center in Arvada, Colorado. The meeting will include opportunities for virtual participation.  The agenda is now available. Please check the website for updates as the meeting date approaches. Registration fees are not being collected for this meeting, but registration is required. Registration will be available through June 25. Before the meeting, all registrants will receive an email from Houston Meeting Info with virtual connection information.

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meetings/sbagjune2025

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CHEOPS GUEST OBSERVER TIME DEADLINE MAY 8 AT 12:00 CEST

On the 8th of May at 12:00 CEST, ESA’s CHEOPS mission will close its 6th Announcement of Opportunity (AO-6) to the Guest Observers (GO) Programme. If you are planning to submit observing proposals to obtain high-precision optical time-series data of your targets of interest, please remember to register to the CHEOPS Guest Observers programme at https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/cheops-guest-observers-programme/registration

And to the ESA Datalabs platform (with invitation code “cheops-datalabs”) at: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/datalabs/self-registration at least two days before you will work on your proposal. This is the typical time needed for your Datalabs accounts to be authorised. You will need that account to calculate object visibility and scheduling feasibility without having to install any software.

Collaborative Synergies: The timely overlap of several space- and ground-based missions may provide exciting opportunities for synergies with NASA/ESA/CSA JWST, NASA/ESA HST, NASA TESS, ESO ground-based facilities, and more. For example, the figure below presents a preliminary estimate of how data from CHEOPS might support the physical modeling of atmospheric observations of transiting exoplanets by JWST (adapted from Moran et al., 2023). While simultaneous observations can potentially be scheduled on a best-effort basis, we emphasise that asynchronous observations also offer significant advantages.

Simple step by step proposal submission tutorials: You can find below simple video tutorials on how to submit a CHEOPS GO proposal below:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKsBT54nlVQ

Explore interactively CHEOPS public level-2 light-curves: you can also explore interactively and download public undetrended CHEOPS level-2 light curves from ESASky to prepare your proposal. Remember that all public and proprietary data can only be found at the CHEOPS archive, which should be checked before submitting a proposal.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obbavv7EsCE

For more information, access to the call material and proposal submission website, visit the CHEOPS 6th Announcement of Opportunity website at https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/cheops-guest-observers-programme/ao-6

Happy proposing!

Contact: [email protected]

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BINARIES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM VI – CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

We invite the community of binary asteroids scientists to submit an abstract to the Binaries in the Solar System VI, which will take place at the Côte d’Azur Observatory in Nice, France, from 15 to 17 September 2025. We welcome abstracts on all topics related to binary systems in the Solar system, from their characterization (remote or in situ) to theories on their formation and evolution.

The abstract submission is free of charge. It must be submitted on the Abstract Submission form in a simple text format containing up to 300 words by 25 May 2025.

More information about the conference guidelines, registration, program and practical info about the venue can be found on the meeting website: https://bam-vi.sciencesconf.org/

Please forward this message to colleagues who may be interested.

We look forward to seeing you in Nice!

Harrison Agrusa

on behalf of the LOC and SOC.

Binaries in the Solar System VI

https://bam-vi.sciencesconf.org

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THREE PHD POSITIONS IN SPACE PHYSICS AT UMEA UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN

The Department of Physics at Umea University, Sweden, invites applications for three PhD positions in space physics. These positions involve advanced numerical simulations and analysis of spacecraft data. The positions are full-time and 100% funded for four years. The

expected start date is September 1, 2025, or as agreed. The application deadline is May 23, 2025.

The three PhD projects are:

• Project 1: Plasma interaction with Mercury’s magnetosphere
• Project 2: Ganymede’s aurora
• Project 3: Water plumes of the icy moons

For more information about the positions and how to apply, please visit:  https://tinyurl.com/49svw6x4

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[EPSC-DPS 2025] SESSION ODAA3: DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVENESS IN PLANETARY

SCIENCES

The benefits of diversity and inclusiveness in the scientific community are incontrovertible. Following the success of previous years, this session aims to foster debate within the planetary sciences community about the reasons behind the under-representation of different groups

(gender, cultural, ethnic origin, and national) and best practices to make the research environment more inclusive identifying and addressing barriers to equality.

We invite abstracts focusing on under-representation (gender, cultural, ethnic origin, and nationality biases) supported by statistics and data; outreach and education activities to reach broad and diverse audiences, best practices to support inclusiveness; and case studies on

mentoring and bias-concerned activities.

Please, submit you abstract here: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/session/55160

The deadline abstract submission is 7 May 2025, 13:00 CEST

We look forward to welcoming you in Helsinki in September, and online!

The conveners:

Arianna Piccialli, Solmaz Adeli, James Roberts, Jarita Holbrook

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ABSTRACT DEADLINE REMINDER: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INSTRUMENTATION

FOR PLANETARY MISSIONS 6

The abstract submission deadline for the International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions 6 (IPM-2025) is approaching, with a final deadline of May 12.

We are soliciting abstracts that address lessons learned from previous planetary instruments, a survey of current state-of-the-art instruments and enabling technologies (including software), and emerging capabilities in planetary instrumentation. The IPM-2025 will be held August 4-6, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado. A remote attendance option will be provided, although presenting authors must attend in person. For more information, go to: https://lasp.colorado.edu/meetings/ipm-2025/

Contact: [email protected]

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[NASA] SMDP: OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIST AND GUEST INVESTIGATORS IN THE BEPICOLOMBO MISSION

Important Dates:  Mandatory Letters of Intent are due to ESA by 12:00 pm CEST on May 20, 2025. Emails requesting a NASA letter of endorsement must be received by NASA no later than May 30, 2025. Full proposals are due to ESA by 12:00 pm CEST on June 10, 2025.

Proposals from investigators at U.S. organizations will require letters of endorsement for full proposals. Endorsement is not required for Letters of Intent. Please see below for additional information, including the NASA Point of Contact (POC).

Scope of Program:  An Announcement of Opportunity for an Interdisciplinary Scientist and Guest Investigators in the BepiColombo Mission was released by ESA on April 22, 2025. The Announcement of Opportunity (AO) solicits proposals from scientists to augment the scientific return of BepiColombo.

BepiColombo is an interdisciplinary mission to the planet Mercury, carried out as a joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), with NASA participation, executed under ESA leadership.

To view the full announcement please visit: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/bepicolombo-ids-gi-2025

Points of Contact:

NASA: Shoshana Weider ([email protected])

ESA: Yannis Zouganelis ([email protected])

JAXA: Yoshifumi Saito ([email protected])

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[EPSC-DPS] SESSION MITM11: SYNERGIES BETWEEN SPACE MISSIONS AND

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Space missions to study bodies throughout the Solar System up-close have led to significant advances in understanding how our planetary system formed and evolved. A host of current and upcoming missions will further revolutionise our knowledge of the Solar System’s structure and

history e.g., the characterisation of numerous Jupiter Trojans by the Lucy flybys, the Hera mission to assess the Didymos-Dimorphos system following the DART impact, and the first ever up-close study of a long period comet by Comet Interceptor. In addition to these small-body

missions, there are missions flying or in development to visit all the major planets from Mercury to Jupiter, and discussions about future missions to the ice giants. Each of these missions are greatly enhanced by the support of ground-based facilities to provide necessary context

through remote sensing and target characterisation. This session invites contributions from researchers undertaking telescopic observations related to mission targets, including pre-encounter characterisation, parallel ground and space observations, or follow up studies.

Submit abstracts: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/session/55125

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[EPSC-DPS] SESSION ODAA6: OPEN PLANETARY SCIENCE FOR EFFECTIVE KNOWLEDGE CO-CREATION AND DISSEMINATION

With yet another call for abstracts in the EPSC-DPS joint meeting in Helsinki September 7-12 in this newsletter, we would like to draw your attention to a session about Open Science.

Planetary scientists, astronomers, researchers, citizen science practitioners, and other stakeholders are encouraged to present new projects and the developments of previous ones, in the context of promoting open, participatory, and public science. Science education initiatives are also welcome.

We are looking forward to seeing presentations on efforts related to open space/planetary science from any aspect!

Submit abstracts: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/session/55163

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[EPSC-DPS] SESSION SB1: INTERSTELLAR OBJECTS – FROM THEORY TO OBSERVATIONS

Interstellar objects (ISOs) have become a novel field of Galactic small body studies, connecting the formation history of our Solar System to the processes of planetesimal creation and evolution that play out in planetary systems across the Milky Way.

The known population of ISOs is expected to increase soon, following 1I/`Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019, as the planetary science community reaps the benefits of a new generation of survey telescopes. At the given epoch, the intrinsic ISO population remains observationally unconstrained; theoretical predictions are equally influential as observed physical characteristics on our understanding.

This session explores the past, present, and future research on interstellar objects, and is therefore open to contributions from a wide range of topics, including (but not limited to):

• Planetesimal formation and ejection mechanisms
• ISO dynamics in the Galaxy
• Evolutionary processing of small bodies e.g. in the interstellar medium or tidal disruption
• The relationships of Solar System populations to ISOs
• Observational characterisation of the known ISO population
• Population modelling & predictions for future ISO discoveries
• Mission concepts for in-situ ISO observation

Submit abstracts: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/session/55013

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[EPSC-DPS] SESSION TP2: ATMOSPHERES AND EXOSPHERES OF TERRESTRIAL

BODIES

EPSC-DPS 2025 abstract submissions are open until the deadline of 7 May 2025, 13:00 CEST!

We invite you to present your work in the session TP2: Atmospheres and exospheres of Terrestrial Bodies https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/session/55206

Space missions have provided a wealth of data on the atmospheres and aeronomy of rocky planets and moons, from the lower layers up to the external envelopes in direct contact with the solar wind. This session solicits contributions that investigate processes at work (chemistry,

energetics, dynamics, electricity, escape, surface-atmosphere interactions, etc…) in the lower, middle and upper atmosphere of the terrestrial bodies of the Solar System. Contributions based on analysis of recent spacecraft and ground- based observations, comparative planetology studies, numerical modelling and relevant laboratory investigations are particularly welcome. In view of the three future Venus missions selected by ESA and NASA, papers discussing contemporary Venus atmospheric science in preparation for these missions are also

encouraged. The session will consist of invited and contributed oral talks as well as posters.

See you in Helsinki!

The conveners:

Anni Maattanen, Francisco Gonzalez-Galindo, Gabriella Gilli, Orkun

Temel, Tanguy Bertrand

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CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR ICARUS AND THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL 

The current issues for both DPS-affiliated journals are here:

Icarus:

Icarus | Vol 431, In progress (1 May 2025) | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

The Planetary Science Journal:

Issue 5 – Volume 6 – The Planetary Science Journal – IOPscience

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JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

Job seekers and employers are encouraged to browse DPS’s job listings and advertise open positions **for free** on the DPS job board.

Full details for several new positions can be found on the DPS job board.

A summary of recent job announcements and postdoc opportunities are listed below.

1. Full-time staff scientist to work with Roman team at IPAC 

IPAC, part of the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Division at Caltech, provides science operations, user support, data and archive services, and scientific vision to enhance discovery with observatories both in space and on the ground. IPAC invites applications from highly qualified individuals for a full-time position at the junior scientist level to work with the Roman team at IPAC.

The Roman Space Telescope is a NASA observatory designed to address key questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics. It is slated for launch in late 2026. The Roman Science Support Center (SSC) at IPAC is part of the Roman Ground Data System, providing algorithm and software development and data processing for the Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey and all Roman spectroscopic data. In addition, the SSC will support the operations of the Coronagraph Instrument, manage the Roman General Investigator Program proposal solicitations and related data analysis funding, and provide community support for exoplanet and wide-field spectroscopy science with Roman.

For more details, see: https://roman.ipac.caltech.edu

Link to the full job description: https://dps.aas.org/7526/

2. Postdoctoral Scholar: Asteroid Radar – University of Central Florida

The incumbent will be expected to participate in data analysis, physical and dynamical characterization of near-Earth asteroids using radar and optical data, and support archiving asteroid shape models in the Planetary Data System (PDS). This position is open until filled.

Postdoctoral scholar: asteroid radar

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Send submissions to: Denise Stephens, DPS Secretary, at this address  [email protected]

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1. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
2. AAS REQUEST – ASK MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO SIGN BIPARTISAN LETTER IN SUPPORT OF NASA SCIENCE
3. AAS ADVOCACY – REMINDER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BACK IN THEIR HOME STATES/DISTRICTS BETWEEN APRIL 14-25
4. DPS 2025 ELECTION : CANDIDATE SLATE
5. IT IS NEVER TOO LATE – RENEW YOUR AAS/DPS MEMBERSHIP
6. DPS COMMITTEE SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR PUBLICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR TO BEGIN TERM IN FALL 2025 
7. TWO ONLINE WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS IN APRIL HOSTED BY AAS
8. EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING 2025: ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS OPEN 
9. 2025 DPS TRAVEL GRANT APPLICATION FORM IS OPEN
10. SCIENTIFIC DATA ANALYST WITH THE MAVEN IMAGING ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROGRAPH TEAM
11. EPSC-DPS 2025 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CALL FOR THE SESSION “SYNERGIES BETWEEN SPACE MISSIONS AND GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS”
12. EPSC-DPS 2025 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CALL FOR THE SESSION “INTERSTELLAR OBJECTS: FROM THEORY TO OBSERVATIONS”
13. RESEARCHER POSITIONS IN THE PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES GROUP AT THE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE, SOUTH KOREA
14. GERALD A. SOFFEN MEMORIAL FUND SPRING 2025 TRAVEL GRANT
15. PSJ FOCUS ISSUE ON MARS RESOURCES AND SCIENCE TARGETS FOR HUMAN EXPLORATION
16. NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR
17. EPSC-DPS SESSION EXOA13: BRIDGING GEOSCIENCES AND ASTRONOMY TO INTERPRET ROCKY (EXO)PLANET OBSERVATIONS
18. EUROPLANET JUICE WEBINAR
19. CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL AND ICARUS
20. JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Reported unprecedented damaging cuts in the President’s 2026 budget for NASA science in Fiscal Year 2026 can only be avoided if there is a strong reaction from the space sciences community. There are several ways to register such a response. The DPS committee has issued a call for action (https://dps.aas.org/dpscom-message-apr2025-call-for-action/) and the DPS Federal Relations Subcommittee Advocacy section on our web site contains a lot of practical information on how to get involved and make a difference in these challenging times (https://dps.aas.org/public_policy). 

The DPS committee members went to meet their congressional representatives on March 6, and the DPS FRS subcommittee members will meet with additional representatives on 8 and 9 May. 

See below for additional information on AAS advocacy and some other actions proposed by the AAS. 

Athena Coustenis

DPS Chair

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AAS REQUEST – ASK MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO SIGN BIPARTISAN LETTER IN SUPPORT OF NASA SCIENCE

The American Astronomical Society is gravely concerned by the deep cuts to NASA science funding reported to be in the draft President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2026. If enacted, the nearly 50% cut to the NASA Science Mission Directorate would be catastrophic to our nation’s leadership in the space sciences, damaging a broad range of research areas and significantly impacting our nation’s STEM workforce.  Read more here.  

Take Action Now by asking your members of Congress to sign a bipartisan letter in support of NASA science.  

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AAS ADVOCACY – REMINDER THAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE BACK IN THEIR HOME STATES/DISTRICTS BETWEEN APRIL 14-25

Members of Congress will be back in their home states/districts between April 14 – 25, and this will be a great opportunity to meet with your representatives and/or invite them to your institution to see all the world-leading science taking place in their state / district. AAS also encourages you to attend townhalls and open meetings with Members of Congress taking place in your district and ask questions there.  For more information about how to set up these meetings, please see these slides or contact [email protected].

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions as you schedule Zoom and/or in-district meetings with your senators and representatives. AAS would also be happy to share contact information for staff in your Congressional offices if you reach out to them at [email protected]. Please share the information about your meetings with AAS  here.

If you haven’t already, consider filling out your congressional constituent request forms here. One of the most effective ways to make your voice heard is through a constituent appropriations request — essentially, asking your congressional representative to direct funding toward a particular area.

Here are the current House and Senate members in the Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittees in the respective Appropriations Committees. Also, here are some useful websites to gather the impact of certain federal agencies in your state / district:

• District-level data for NSF, DOE Office of Science, NIH and USDA funding from FASEB.
• AAAS State R&D Dashboard.
• NASA State-level economic impact info sheets.

The AAS Public Policy and Education staff will be making themselves available for discussions and to provide information through regular office hours that will be updated regularly.  Upcoming offices hours will be:

• Tuesday, 22 April: 11 am-12 pm ET (register here)
• Wednesday, 30 April: 3-4 pm ET (register here)

Please feel free to reach out to AAS at [email protected] if you have any further questions, or if there is additional information we can provide. Thank you for advocacy!

For general awareness, the AAS DPS Federal Relations Subcommittee (https://dps.aas.org/leadership/frs) will also be continuing planetary science advocacy in Washington, D.C. on May 8th and May 9th, 2025. The FRS can be reached at [email protected]. 

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DPS 2025 ELECTION : CANDIDATE SLATE

The DPS Nominating Subcommittee has identified the following candidates for the 2025 DPS elections for Vice Chair and Committee Members

Vice Chair  (1 to be elected):

• Paul Hartogh – Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
• Ralph McNutt – Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Committee (2 to be elected):

• Arianna Piccialli – Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
• Carver Bierson – Scottsdale Community College
• Eddie Schwieterman – University of California at Riverside
• Stephanie Jarmak – NASA ADS

Per the DPS Bylaws, additional candidates for Vice Chair or Committee Member, supported by a petition of at least 20 DPS members, may be nominated by May 21, 2025.  Please send any nominations to DPS secretary, Denise Stephens, at [email protected]

The DPS Committee thanks the members of the Nominating Subcommittee for their dedicated service to the DPS: 

Tim Livengood (chair), Jessica Noviello, and Therese Encrenaz

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IT IS NEVER TOO LATE – RENEW YOUR AAS/DPS MEMBERSHIP

Membership in the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) is open to all active members of the American Astronomical Society (AAS).

If you are an active AAS member, the DPS dues are $25 for Full, International Affiliate, Educator Affiliate, Alumni Affiliate, and Amateur Affiliate Members, $0 for Graduate Student and Undergraduate Student Members and Emeritus Members.  The classes and benefits of AAS membership are described here.

To join and pay by credit card (VISA, MasterCard, American Express), simply fax your request and the following card data: card number; name of card holder as it appears on card; expiration date; authorized charge amount. Please direct your transmittal to the attention of AAS Membership Services at (202) 588-1351, remembering to include a daytime telephone number for contact purposes.

To join and pay by check or money order, you may mail your request and payment drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. currency to:

American Astronomical Society

1667 K Street NW, Suite 800

Washington, DC 20006

Checks or money orders should be payable to the American Astronomical Society.

You should allow a minimum of 5 business days for your request and payment to be processed and your DPS membership established.

If you wish to join the DPS and the AAS at the same time, download the AAS Membership Form; provide all required information; indicate your intent to join the DPS (section 8); and return your completed form and payment to the AAS.

You should allow a minimum of 5 business days for your request and payment to be processed and your AAS and DPS memberships established.

Further information regarding the AAS and AAS membership benefits is available at AAS and AAS Membership respectively. Questions regarding joining the DPS as an AAS member should be directed to the AAS Membership Department.

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DPS COMMITTEE SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR PUBLICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR TO BEGIN TERM IN FALL 2025

The Publications Subcommittee Chair will serve a three-year term starting with the EPSC-DPS meeting in September 2025. The Publications Subcommittee is responsible for managing the relationship between DPS and its designated publications, Icarus and the Planetary Science Journal, and also stays aware of issues in planetary science publications more generally. The Publications Subcommittee regularly reviews the publication policies of journals that the DPS endorses and supports.

If you’re interested, please send a CV and a brief statement of interest to [email protected]

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TWO ONLINE WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS IN APRIL HOSTED BY AAS

The AAS is co-hosting two online workshops for educators in the astronomy and physics communities: “Intro to Equity-Minded Mentoring”  on April 22 and “How to Design a Curriculum for the Modern World” on April 29.

https://aas.org/posts/news/2025/04/two-online-workshops-educators-april

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EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING 2025: ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS OPEN 

The EPSC committee, the DPS Committee, the Scientific Organizing Committee and Copernicus Meetings invite the world-wide community of planetary scientists to submit an abstract for presentation of their recent work at the EPSC-DPS2025 meeting, which will take place at the Finlandia Hall Helsinki, Finland, 7–12 September 2025. EPSC-DPS2025 will be organised as a fully hybrid meeting and will allow virtual access to all oral and poster sessions.  EPSC-DPS2025

We are looking forward to meeting everyone in person this year in Helsinki. The ethos for EPSC-DPS2025 is to create a simple, flexible, and inclusive meeting that provides multiple opportunities for interaction, scientific discussion, and networking. The programme of the congress will contain oral and poster sessions, as well as workshops and panel discussions.

The current list of sessions is organised around the following 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)

Submit your abstract now by accessing the scientific programme and the abstract submission tool. Please browse the list of sessions and identify the session that most closely matches your area of interest; your abstract can be submitted directly to that session.

Abstract deadline: 7 May 2025, 13:00 CEST.

For future deadlines including (early) registration, refer to the deadlines & milestones of the conference.  Information on registration and social events, as well as a separate online form for requesting splinter meetings & workshops will also be available soon on the meeting website.

We look forward to seeing you in Helsinki!

• Lena Noack & Noah Jäggi on behalf of the EPSC committee
• Athena Coustenis & Scott Murchie on behalf of the DPS committee
• Stavro Ivanovski, Ákos Kereszturi, Connor Nixon, and James Roberts
  on behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee
• Katrin Krüger on behalf of Copernicus Meetings

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2025 DPS TRAVEL GRANT APPLICATION FORM IS OPEN

The DPS Travel Grant application form is open to support participation in the joint meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and DPS (EPSC-DPS 2025) in Helsinki, Finland 7-12 September 2025, or the National Society of Black Physicists- National Society of Hispanics Physicists annual meeting, via the Hartmann and the Under-Represented Minority (URM) Travel grants.

The Hartmann Student Travel Grant supports student presentations at the annual DPS-EPSC meeting. (Postdoctoral scholars may also be eligible, but students are prioritized.)

The Underrepresented Minority (URM) Communities in Planetary Science Travel Grant supports attendance by students and professionals who are members of groups that have had inadequate access to the planetary science community, in an effort to ensure broad engagement and access to planetary science.  Applications are especially encouraged from members of group(s) whose contributions to STEM may have been overlooked, students and professionals hailing from colleges and non-R1 academic or research institutions* that have not traditionally benefited from connections to the planetary science community, and/or students and professionals with degrees in broader STEM disciplines (e.g., chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics) who are new to the planetary science community  — to support in-person or virtual attendance at the joint DPS-EPSC or joint NSBP-NSHP meetings.

* Relevant institutions include small colleges and universities, primarily undergraduate institutions, and minority serving institutions (MSIs), including but not limited to Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities.“

Apply here to both/either type of DPS grant: https://dps.aas.org/news/dps-travel-grants-application/ The deadline is July 3.

Note: Members of Europlanet should apply for Europlanet awards through the abstract submission form.

Community donations are critical for the health of these awards. Instructions to donate are linked at https://dps.aas.org/news/dps-travel-grants-application/

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SCIENTIFIC DATA ANALYST WITH THE MAVEN IMAGING ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROGRAPH TEAM

The Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) team on the MAVEN mission is seeking a talented data analyst. IUVS has made important discoveries about the Mars atmosphere, including escape and evolution, aurora, nightglow, photochemistry, composition, dynamics and cloud formation, and more discoveries are anticipated with your help. Responsibilities include: Data analysis and interpretation, scientific programming, interpretation, presentation of results at conferences and in publications. Mentoring junior team members and software support. Mission operations. Position requirements include: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in astronomy, physics, earth science, computer science or related area. Experience in scientific programming in python. Work with remote sensing data, retrievals, image processing. Experience with graphical data representation and scientific visualization. Desired qualifications include: Familiarity with planetary science, earth science or astrophysics through coursework or experience, and best practices for version control for code and data products. Inquiries to [email protected]

Please apply by 2 May through https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=63235

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EPSC-DPS 2025 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CALL FOR THE SESSION “SYNERGIES BETWEEN SPACE MISSIONS AND GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS”

The next EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025 (EPSC-DPS2025) will take place at the  Finlandia Hall Helsinki, Finland 7–12 September 2025. The abstract submission is now open, with submission deadline on 7 May 2025, 13:00 CEST.

We encourage you to submit an abstract to the session:  “Synergies between space missions and ground-based observations” as part of the “Missions, Instrumentation, Techniques, Modelling” program. Detailed information about the session can be found at:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/session/55125.

Space missions to study bodies throughout the Solar System up-close have led to significant advances in understanding how our planetary system formed and evolved. A host of current and upcoming missions will further revolutionise our knowledge of the Solar System’s structure and history e.g. the characterisation of numerous Jupiter Trojans by the Lucy flybys, the Hera mission to assess the Didymos-Dimorphos system following the DART impact, and the first ever

up-close study of a long period comet by Comet Interceptor. In addition to these small-body missions, there are missions flying or in development to visit all the major planets from Mercury to Jupiter, and discussions about future missions to the ice giants. Each of these

missions are greatly enhanced by the support of ground-based facilities to provide necessary context through remote sensing and target characterisation. This session invites contributions from researchers undertaking telescopic observations related to mission targets, including pre-encounter characterisation, parallel ground and space observations, or follow up studies.

Best regards,

Abbie Donaldson, Colin Snodgrass, Richard Binzel, Zuri Gray, Matthew

Knight, Cecilia Tubiana

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EPSC-DPS 2025 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CALL FOR THE SESSION “INTERSTELLAR OBJECTS: FROM THEORY TO OBSERVATIONS”

The next EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025 (EPSC-DPS2025) will take place at the  Finlandia Hall Helsinki, Finland 7–12 September 2025. The abstract submission is now open, with submission deadline on 7 May 2025, 13:00 CEST.

We encourage you to submit an abstract to the session:  “Interstellar objects: from theory to observations” as part of the “Small Bodies (comets, KBOs, rings, asteroids, meteorites, dust)”

program. Detailed information about the session can be found at:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/session/55013.

Interstellar objects (ISOs) have become a novel field of Galactic small body studies, connecting the formation history of our Solar System to the processes of planetesimal creation and evolution that play out in planetary systems across the Milky Way.

The known population of ISOs is expected to increase soon, following 1I/`Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019, as the planetary science community reaps the benefits of a new generation of survey telescopes. At the given epoch, the intrinsic ISO population remains observationally unconstrained; theoretical predictions are equally influential as observed physical characteristics on our understanding.

This session explores the past, present, and future research on interstellar objects, and is therefore open to contributions from a wide range of topics, including (but not limited to):

• Planetesimal formation and ejection mechanisms
• ISO dynamics in the Galaxy
• Evolutionary processing of small bodies e.g. in the interstellar medium or tidal disruption
• The relationships of Solar System populations to ISOs
• Observational characterisation of the known ISO population, 1I and 2I
• Population modelling & predictions for future ISO discoveries
• Mission concepts for in-situ ISO observation

Best regards,

Michele Bannister, Rosemary Dorsey, Chris Lintott, Susanna Pfalzner,

Matthew M. Knight, Darryl Seligman, Cyrielle Opitom, Colin Snodgrass

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RESEARCHER POSITIONS IN THE PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES GROUP AT THE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE, SOUTH KOREA

The Planetary Atmospheres Group (PAG) invites researchers with a high motivation for Venus atmospheric research. The position is initially two years long, with a possible extension. The deadline for the application is May 8, 2025 (KST).

The work involves leading remote sensing data analysis or numerical modeling. Successful applicants are also expected to support the CubeSat Project of PAG as team members and will have opportunities to collaborate with the international consortium of PAG. Our research focus will be on the atmosphere of Venus below 100 km altitude.

AAS job information:  https://aas.org/jobregister/ad/2f9eba7f

Link to the official announcement:  https://tinyurl.com/5fhk8hdr

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GERALD A. SOFFEN MEMORIAL FUND SPRING 2025 TRAVEL GRANT

The Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund is pleased to announce the Spring 2025 Travel Grant application opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing studies in fields of space science and engineering.

The Travel Grants enable student recipients to attend professional conferences to present their research. Recipients may use the Grant for either virtual or in-person conferences. The Soffen Fund will award up to $1000 in total, with no individual award greater than $500, to cover expenses related to presenting research at either a virtual or in-person conference. The number of awards will depend on applicants’ needs.

The Spring 2025 Travel Grant application deadline is April 25, 2025. Jerry Soffen, a biologist by training, led a distinguished career in NASA, including serving as the Project Scientist for Viking and as an architect for the NASA Astrobiology Institute. The Travel Grant continues Jerry’s dedication to educating and involving future generations in space science and engineering pursuits.

The electronic application materials and instructions are located on the Soffen Fund website:

https://soffenfund.org

Questions regarding the application or application process may be sent to:  [email protected]

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PSJ FOCUS ISSUE ON MARS RESOURCES AND SCIENCE TARGETS FOR HUMAN

EXPLORATION

A new Planetary Science Journal focus issue entitled “Human Exploration of Mars: Resources and Science Targets” is now accepting contributions. This focus issue highlights Mars research that seeks to understand potential resources to sustain human missions, as well as pinpointing scientifically intriguing targets that would benefit from direct human exploration on the Martian surface. Contributions to the issue are intended to include a diverse array of data analyses,

modeling, field-analog, and conceptual studies, all geared towards advancing the scientific exploration of Mars.

Human Exploration of Mars: Resources and Science Targets – IOPscience

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NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR

Join us on 24 April 2025, 2:30-3pm EDT (11:30-12 PDT,12:30-1pm MDT, 1:30-2pm CDT)

New Horizons continues its operation, now at 61au from the Sun. Since 2015 it has made ground-breaking discoveries of the Pluto-Charon system, flown past the small contact KBO binary Arrokoth and collected phase and light curve data for some three dozen additional KBOs and the ice giants. It has also been sampling dust density throughout the Solar System and studying the cosmic optical background. To raise awareness of New Horizon’s scientific impact we are beginning a new spotlight seminar series (30 min, fourth week each month) which we invite you to attend online, or watch recorded at your convenience.

Our speaker will be Al Emran, JPL, and he will be speaking on: 

“Kiladze Caldera: A Possible Cryovolcano on Pluto”

Connection Link:

https://zoom.us/j/97317697636?pwd=MTAzMjJmNThTeFppR3JoYzlkUXVCQT09

Meeting ID: 973 1769 7636

Calendar for future seminars:

https://tinyurl.com/4f57yka4

Recordings are archived and posted at:

https://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/index.php#Spotlight-Presentations

For questions, contact New Horizons CoI Susan Benecchi, [email protected]

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EPSC-DPS SESSION EXOA13: BRIDGING GEOSCIENCES AND ASTRONOMY TO

INTERPRET ROCKY (EXO)PLANET OBSERVATIONS

The coming years will be revolutionary for rocky planet research, with JWST, ELT, ARIEL, and PLATO providing unprecedented observations of rocky exoplanets in our galaxy. At the same time, BepiColombo, the Mars sample return mission, and the Decade of Venus missions will

greatly enhance our understanding of the rocky bodies within the Solar System. This session aims to bring together scientists from astronomy, geosciences, and planetary sciences, to explore how interior-atmosphere interaction shapes rocky (exo)planet surfaces and atmospheres. We welcome contributions spanning experimental work, observational efforts, and modelling studies. By combining insights from exoplanets, which serve as a natural laboratory for rocky world diversity, and Solar System planets, which provide the detailed observations needed to build and validate models, we can develop a robust framework for interpreting observations of any rocky body. We encourage discussions that span all related fields, fostering new collaborative approaches to studying rocky planet evolution.

Submit abstracts (deadline May 7):

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/session/55189

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EUROPLANET JUICE WEBINAR

25 April at 11am CEST (9am UTC): Couplings in the Jovian System: What We Expect to Find With Juice

In this Europlanet Juice webinar, Juice Project Scientist Olivier Witasse (ESA) will present the status of the mission after two years in space, and with the Venus Gravity Assist coming up at the end of August 2025. After that, Michel Blanc (IRAP, Toulouse, France) will talk about the many different couplings – gravitational, magnetospheric – that are at work in the Jovian system, why they are so interesting and how Juice will decipher them.

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XGYQscIgSmKffl8yR4DJEA

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CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL AND ICARUS

The current issues for both DPS-affiliated journals are here:

The Planetary Science Journal:

Issue 4 – Volume 6 – The Planetary Science Journal – IOPscience

Icarus:

Icarus | Vol 430, In progress (April 2025) | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

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JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

Job seekers and employers are encouraged to browse DPS’s job listings and advertise open positions **for free** on the DPS job board.

Full details for several new positions can be found on the DPS job board.

A summary of recent job announcements and postdoc opportunities are listed below.

1. ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme – Due Apr 30, 2025

To increase the scientific return from its space science missions, the European Space Agency (ESA) welcomes applications from scientists interested in pursuing research projects based on data publicly available in the ESA Space Science Archives (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc).

The ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme is open to scientists, at all career levels, affiliated with institutes in ESA Member States and Collaborating States, although we will also consider strong applications from outside those states. Early-career scientists (within 10 years of the PhD) and PhD students are particularly encouraged to apply. We encourage applications from women and minorities. The peer-review evaluation process is anonymised to ensure equal opportunities for all applicants.

Applications received before 1 May 2025 will be considered for visits in autumn and winter 2025/2026.

For further details, including areas of research and contact information, please refer to:
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc/visitor-programme  or write to the programme coordinators at [email protected]

2. Full-time staff scientist to work with Roman team at IPAC 

IPAC, part of the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Division at Caltech, provides science operations, user support, data and archive services, and scientific vision to enhance discovery with observatories both in space and on the ground. IPAC invites applications from highly qualified individuals for a full-time position at the junior scientist level to work with the Roman team at IPAC.

The Roman Space Telescope is a NASA observatory designed to address key questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics. It is slated for launch in late 2026. The Roman Science Support Center (SSC) at IPAC is part of the Roman Ground Data System, providing algorithm and software development and data processing for the Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey and all Roman spectroscopic data. In addition, the SSC will support the operations of the Coronagraph Instrument, manage the Roman General Investigator Program proposal solicitations and related data analysis funding, and provide community support for exoplanet and wide-field spectroscopy science with Roman.

For more details, see: https://roman.ipac.caltech.edu

Link to the full job description: https://dps.aas.org/7526/

3. Postdoctoral Scholar: Asteroid Radar – University of Central Florida

The incumbent will be expected to participate in data analysis, physical and dynamical characterization of near-Earth asteroids using radar and optical data, and support archiving asteroid shape models in the Planetary Data System (PDS). This position is open until filled.

Postdoctoral scholar: asteroid radar

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1. 2025 DPS PRIZE NOMINATIONS CLOSING APRIL 15, 2025
2. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION OPEN EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING 2025
3. 2025 DPS TRAVEL GRANT APPLICATION FORM IS OPEN
4. CHANGED ABSTRACT DEADLINE FOR PROGRESS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PLUTO SYSTEM: 10 YEARS AFTER FLYBY MEETING
5. AGU 2025 SESSION PROPOSALS NOW OPEN
6. TEAM-UP TOGETHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
7. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION EPSC-DPS 2025 SESSION “ICY MOONS AND OCEAN WORLDS IN THE ERA OF JUICE AND EUROPA CLIPPER”
8. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION EPSC-DPS 2025 SESSION “EXOA16: ADVANCES IN TERRESTRIAL PLANET FORMATION: A COMPARISON OF THE THREE CURRENTLY LEADING SCENARIOS
9. INTRODUCTION TO ARCGIS PRO FOR PLANETARY SCIENCE WORKSHOPS
10. HOW TO SUBMIT GUEST OBSERVER PROPOSALS FOR CHEOPS STEP BY STEP
11. SPRING PLANETARY DATA TRAINING WORKSHOP IN TEMPE, ARIZONA
12. ANNOUNCING THE 33RD COMMUNITY MEETING OF THE NASA SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG), JUNE 24-25, 2025
13. DRAGONFLY STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM
14. NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR
15. EXPLOITING GAIA TO STUDY MINOR BODIES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM: RESULTS, CHALLENGES, AND PERSPECTIVES
16. MENTOR BOYS & GIRLS CLUB STUDENTS
17. NASA L’SPACE PROGRAM – SUMMER 2025
18. NASA PLANETARY DATA TRAINING WORKSHOP – REGISTER BY APRIL 15, 2025
19. CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR ICARUS AND THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL
20. JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

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2025 DPS PRIZE NOMINATIONS CLOSING APRIL 15, 2025

Every year the DPS recognizes exceptional achievement in our field. Please consider nominating a respected colleague for one of the annual DPS prizes. The 2025 Prize Nominations are due by April 15, 2025.

The DPS sponsors six prizes:

• The Gerard P. Kuiper Prize [https://dps.aas.org/prizes/kuiper] recognizes and honors outstanding contributors to the field of planetary science.
• The Claudia J. Alexander Prize [https://dps.aas.org/prizes/alexander] recognizes excellence and achievements by a mid-career scientist.
• The Harold C. Urey Prize [https://dps.aas.org/prizes/urey] recognizes and encourages outstanding achievements in planetary research by an early-career scientist.
• The Harold Masursky Award [https://dps.aas.org/prizes/masursky] recognizes and honors individuals who have rendered outstanding service to planetary science and exploration through – but not limited to – engineering, managerial, programmatic, editorial, or public service activities.
• The Carl Sagan Medal [https://dps.aas.org/prizes/sagan] recognizes and honors outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist to the general public.
• The Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award [https://dps.aas.org/prizes/eberhart] recognizes and stimulates distinguished popular writing on planetary sciences.

DPS members and the planetary science community-at-large are encouraged to submit nominations for DPS prizes.

A complete nomination submitted by the deadline will be considered by the DPS Prize subcommittee for 3 years (i.e. for this year’s award, next year’s award, and the year after that), or for the duration of a candidate’s eligibility, whichever is less. Please fill out the nomination form [https://dps.aas.org/prizes/nomination-form], and it will be submitted to the prize subcommittee. The Eberhart Award has different rules and procedures than the other DPS 

Prizes, please see its page [https://dps.aas.org/prizes/eberhart-nomination-form] for more information.

 Scroll to the bottom of https://dps.aas.org/prizes for rules and procedures.

 Questions: Email [email protected]

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION OPEN EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING 2025

The EPSC committee, the DPS Committee, the Scientific Organizing Committee and Copernicus Meetings invite the world-wide community of planetary scientists to submit an abstract for presentation of their recent work at the EPSC-DPS2025 meeting, which will take place at the Finlandia Hall Helsinki, Finland, 7–12 September 2025. EPSC-DPS2025 will be organised as a fully hybrid meeting and will allow virtual access to all oral and poster sessions.  EPSC-DPS2025

We are looking forward to meeting everyone in person this year in Helsinki. The ethos for EPSC-DPS2025 is to create a simple, flexible, and inclusive meeting that provides multiple opportunities for interaction, scientific discussion, and networking. The programme of the congress will contain oral and poster sessions, as well as workshops and panel discussions.

The current list of sessions is organised around the following 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)

Submit your abstract now by accessing the scientific programme and the abstract submission tool. Please browse the list of sessions and identify the session that most closely matches your area of interest; your abstract can be submitted directly to that session.

Abstract deadline: 7 May 2025, 13:00 CEST.

For future deadlines including (early) registration, refer to the deadlines & milestones of the conference.  Information on registration and social events, as well as a separate online form for requesting splinter meetings & workshops will also be available soon on the meeting website.

We look forward to seeing you in Helsinki!

• Lena Noack & Noah Jäggi on behalf of the EPSC committee
• Athena Coustenis & Scott Murchie on behalf of the DPS committee
• Stavro Ivanovski, Ákos Kereszturi, Connor Nixon, and James Roberts
  on behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee
• Katrin Krüger on behalf of Copernicus Meetings

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2025 DPS TRAVEL GRANT APPLICATION FORM IS OPEN

The DPS Travel Grant application form is open to support participation in the joint meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and DPS (EPSC-DPS 2025) in Helsinki, Finland 7-12 September 2025, or the National Society of Black Physicists- National Society of Hispanics Physicists annual meeting, via the Hartmann and the Under-Represented Minority (URM) Travel grants.

The Hartmann Student Travel Grant supports student presentations at the annual DPS-EPSC meeting. (Postdoctoral scholars may also be eligible, but students are prioritized.)

The Underrepresented Minority (URM) Communities in Planetary Science Travel Grant supports attendance by students and professionals who are members of groups that have had inadequate access to the planetary science community, in an effort to ensure broad engagement and access to planetary science.  Applications are especially encouraged from members of group(s) whose contributions to STEM may have been overlooked, students and professionals hailing from colleges and non-R1 academic or research institutions* that have not traditionally benefited from connections to the planetary science community, and/or students and professionals with degrees in broader STEM disciplines (e.g., chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics) who are new to the planetary science community  — to support in-person or virtual attendance at the joint DPS-EPSC or joint NSBP-NSHP meetings.

* Relevant institutions include small colleges and universities, primarily undergraduate institutions, and minority serving institutions (MSIs), including but not limited to Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities.“

Apply here to both/either type of DPS grant: https://dps.aas.org/news/dps-travel-grants-application/ The deadline is July 3.

Note: Members of Europlanet should apply for Europlanet awards through the abstract submission form.

Community donations are critical for the health of these awards. Instructions to donate are linked at https://dps.aas.org/news/dps-travel-grants-application/

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CHANGED ABSTRACT DEADLINE FOR PROGRESS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PLUTO SYSTEM: 10 YEARS AFTER FLYBY MEETING

The “Progress in Understanding the Pluto System: 10 Years after Flyby” meeting will be held July 14–18, 2025 at the Kossiakoff Conference Center of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.

NASA’s New Horizons mission conducted the first and only exploration flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest approach on July 14, 2015. This meeting will assess advances made since then using New Horizons and all other data (ground-based, JWST, HST, etc.), as well as theory and modeling regarding all aspects of the Pluto system and the dwarf planets of the Kuiper Belt. Session topics will include: Pluto, Charon, Pluto’s Small Satellites, Kuiper Belt Dwarf Planets, Pluto and Satellite System Origins, and Past and Future Exploration of Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, and the Outer Solar System.

Abstract submission is open now, with a revised deadline of Friday April 25th:

For more information and abstract submission please see https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/plutosystem2025/

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AGU 2025 SESSION PROPOSALS NOW OPEN

This December, AGU25 returns to New Orleans, Louisiana with the theme: Where Science Connects Us. We invite you to propose a Planetary Science focused session.

Whether through collaborative research, innovative technologies, or shared experiences, your session can inspire and advance our collective understanding. Submit your proposal by April 23 (23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT)

https://www.agu.org/annual-meeting/present#overview

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TEAM-UP TOGETHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

The TEAM-UP Together Scholarship is now open for 2025, supporting students in physics and astronomy, including those who face the starkest barriers, by helping remove financial barriers to degree completion.

By offering financial support to promising undergraduates, including those who face the starkest barriers, we seek to encourage more students to follow their passion for science.

Scholarship Details:

• Open to undergraduate physics & astronomy students with financial need and a demonstrated understanding of issues related to enhancing access and opportunities for all physics & astronomy students, including those facing the starkest barriers
• Awards of $10,000 help students persist and complete their degrees
• Application deadline: 23 May, 2025

For further guidance, visit teamuptogether.org/scholarship or contact us at [email protected].

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION EPSC-DPS 2025 SESSION “ICY MOONS AND OCEAN WORLDS IN THE ERA OF JUICE AND EUROPA CLIPPER”

Dear Colleagues,

The next EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025 (EPSC-DPS2025), which will take place at the  Finlandia Hall Helsinki, Finland 7–12 September 2025, is slowly approaching. The abstract submission is now open, with submission deadline on 7 May 2025, 13:00 CEST.

We would like to bring to your attention and invite you to submit abstract to the session:

 “Icy Moons and Ocean Worlds in the Era of Juice and Europa Clipper” as part of the “Outer Solar systems” program. Detailed information about the session can be found at: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/session/55078.

In preparation for the arrival of ESA Juice and NASA Europa Clipper missions to the Jupiter system, this session invites contributions from across the planetary science community that will advance our understanding of topics relevant to the Galilean moons and maximize the scientific return of the missions. 

This session welcomes presentations concerning laboratory experiments, numerical modeling, terrestrial analog studies, and Earth-based observations (such as those from JWST, ALMA, or HISAKI), as well as analyses of past or ongoing mission data and comparative investigations of icy moons across systems. Topics of interest include the surface geology and composition of the icy Galilean moons, their interior structures and subsurface ocean dynamics, their interactions with Jupiter’s magnetosphere, surface weathering processes, and the formation, structure, and composition of their exospheres. The detection and characterization of potential Europa plumes is also highly relevant. We additionally welcome discussions on the recent Juice Moon-Earth flyby and the Europa Clipper Mars flyby, examining how these events inform upcoming observations at Jupiter.

The deadline for abstract submission is 7 May 2025, 13:00 CEST.

Best regards

Cecilia Tubiana, Samantha Trumbo, Kristian Chan, Wes Patterson, Gabriel Tobie

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION EPSC-DPS 2025 SESSION “EXOA16: ADVANCES IN TERRESTRIAL PLANET FORMATION: A COMPARISON OF THE THREE CURRENTLY LEADING SCENARIOS

Dear Colleagues,

It gives us the greatest pleasure to announce the EPSC/DPS session:

EXOA16: Advances in Terrestrial Planet Formation: A Comparison of the Three Currently Leading Scenarios

The past few years have witnessed major developments in the field of terrestrial planet formation. Thanks to the advances in computational technology, the three leading scenarios, namely, the traditional model, pebble accretion, and formation in rings, have become more complex, and have demonstrated their expansive success. How these approaches compare and contribute to developing a comprehensive model are among outstanding questions in planetary astrophysics. This session aims at introducing each scenario and assessing their capabilities by comparing their results to our knowledge of terrestrial planets in our solar system. We also organize a press conference or town hall, where experts from each scenario will answer questions from the press and audience.

We cordially invite abstracts for oral and poster contributions in all areas of theoretical, observational, and experimental studies of terrestrial planet formation.

Abstracts can be submitted using the link below. The deadline is 7 May 2025, 13:00 CEST.

https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/programme/how-to-submit.html

We strongly encourage contributions from early career scientists.

Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki.

Convenors: Nader Haghighipour, Jeffrey Sudol, Nikolaos Georgakarakos

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INTRODUCTION TO ARCGIS PRO FOR PLANETARY SCIENCE WORKSHOPS

The Planetary Data Training Workshops program is pleased to announce our next Introduction to ArcGIS Pro for Planetary Science workshops, facilitated by Cornell’s Spacecraft Planetary Image Facility (SPIF).

May 23

• Online, 10am – 6pm EDT
• Notice of Interest (deadline is May 16, required to receive the Zoom registration)
• Facebook Event

June 11-12

• In-person at Cornell
• Registration (deadline is May 28)
• Travel Grant Application (deadline is May 2, up to $1500 each)
• Day 1: ArcGIS workshop, dinner at a local restaurant
• Day 2: further ArcGIS discussion (including which topics should be covered in the next workshop we will develop as a follow-up to this one), meet with the COMPASSE research group, tour of SPIF, outreach workshop, geology tour of a local waterfall and gorge (weather permitting)
• Facebook Event

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HOW TO SUBMIT GUEST OBSERVER PROPOSALS FOR CHEOPS STEP BY STEP

The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Characterising Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS) mission opened its 6th Announcement of Opportunity (AO-6) on the 18th of March of 2025. This Call invites the submission of research proposals to the Guest Observers (GO) Programme.

Key Dates: The AO-6 Call is foreseen to close on the 8 May 2025 (12:00 CEST).

Observing Cycle: The selected proposals will be part of the observing cycle from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026. This period marks the last year of the first mission extension of CHEOPS.

Scientific Opportunities: CHEOPS provides observers with access to space-based pointed ultra-high precision photometry. Research areas include the observations of exoplanet transits, eclipses, occultations, and phase curves. Furthermore, the scientific scope may extend to phenomena such as exomoons, ring structures, stellar activity, trans-Neptunian objects or more.

Collaborative Synergies: The timely overlap of several space- and ground-based missions may provide exciting opportunities for synergies with NASA/ESA/CSA JWST, NASA/ESA HST, NASA TESS, ESO ground-based facilities, and more.

Novelties in cycle 6:

• More targets: only 50 GTO reserved targets, with all the rest being open to the entire community
• More time: up to 30% science observing time (around 1500 orbits) dedicated to the GO Programme
• Double-anonymous peer-review of proposals
• Zero-installation tools: cloud-based visibility, feasibility and ETC web tools

Step by step tutorial: Check our easy-to-follow tutorial of seven steps to submit a CHEOPS GO proposal without having to install anything:

Find out more about the CHEOPS mission via https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/cheops, stay up-to-date about this opportunity via https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/cheops-guest-observers-programme, and feel free to email us with any questions. We look forward to receiving your observing proposals and advancing our understanding of exoplanetary and stellar systems.

 Happy proposing!

 Contact: [email protected]

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SPRING PLANETARY DATA TRAINING WORKSHOP IN TEMPE, ARIZONA

Arizona State University is hosting our Spring Planetary Data Training Workshop in Tempe, Arizona on May 20-23, 2025.  This event is IN PERSON ONLY.  We will be providing hands-on training in JMARS, ArcGIS Pro, USGS’ ISIS3 image processing software, and an introduction to planetary geologic mapping.  We have space for 16 participants.  We also are offering two $2000 travel grants (US domestic travel only) to support development of our workforce.  Travel grant application deadline is April 16, 2025.  For access to the registration link and travel grant application, please visit this webpage:  https://rgcps.asu.edu/gis-pdtw-2025-may/

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ANNOUNCING THE 33RD COMMUNITY MEETING OF THE NASA SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG), JUNE 24-25, 2025

The 33rd Community Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) is scheduled for June 24–25, 2025, at the Arvada Center in Arvada, Colorado (just outside of Denver). The meeting will include opportunities for virtual participation. Please add these dates to your calendar.

Registration fees are not being collected for this meeting, but registration is required and available via the link below. Registration will be open through June 25. Before the meeting, all registrants will receive an email from Houston Meeting Info with virtual connection information.

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meeting_portal/registration/?mtg=sbagjune2025

Although registration is open, the agenda for the meeting is still being organized and the SBAG website is currently unavailable. Please stay tuned for updates.

The SBAG Steering Committee

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DRAGONFLY STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM

Application Deadline: June 9

Contact: [email protected]

Set to launch in 2028, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will send a rotorcraft lander to explore a variety of locations on Saturn’s moon Titan. Graduate students are invited to apply for a two-year term to work with Dragonfly mission team members to conduct Titan research, help formulate Dragonfly mission science and operations plans, or assist in the development of instrumentation, hardware, or testing.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree in the physical sciences, biological sciences, computer sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Undergraduate STEM students who will be graduating with bachelor’s degrees in May 2025 are also eligible to apply, provided that they will be enrolled in STEM graduate programs in fall 2025.

Click here for program details.

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NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR

Join us on 24 April 2025, 2:30-3pm EDT (11:30-12 PDT,12:30-1pm MDT,1:30-2pm CDT)

New Horizons continues its operation, now at 61au from the Sun. Since 2015 it has made ground-breaking discoveries of the Pluto-Charon system, flown past the small contact KBO binary Arrokoth and collected phase and light curve data for some three dozen additional KBOs and the ice giants. It has also been sampling dust density throughout the solar system and studying the cosmic optical background. To raise awareness of New Horizon’s scientific impact we are beginning a new spotlight seminar series (30 min, fourth week each month) which we invite you to attend online, or watch recorded at your convenience.

Our speaker will be Al Emran, JPL  and he will be speaking on:

“Kiladze Caldera: A Possible Cryovolcano on Pluto”

Connection Link:

https://zoom.us/j/97317697636?pwd=MTAzMjJmNThTeFppR3JoYzlkUXVCQT09

Meeting ID: 973 1769 7636

Calendar for future seminars:

https://zoom.us/meeting/tJMudu6upzwsGdKrlGdxLvb2e_I91uILetOL/ics?icsToken=98tyKuCvrTotHN2SthqBRowEA4j4KO7xmGZdjad2jhPCBzh_dAGkM91ra-NqOfTV

Recordings are archived and posted at:

https://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/index.php#Spotlight-Presentations

For questions, contact New Horizons CoI Susan Benecchi, [email protected]

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EXPLOITING GAIA TO STUDY MINOR BODIES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM: RESULTS, CHALLENGES, AND PERSPECTIVES

Are you using Gaia data for your Solar System science? Please consider submitting an abstract to this dedicated session including all aspects: astrometry, photometry, spectroscopy, and derived applications (such as stellar occultations) at the next EPSC/DPS meeting. Co-organised with the “Small Body” session category:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/session/55129

“Exploiting Gaia to study minor bodies of the Solar System: results, challenges, and perspectives”

Co-organized by SB

Convener: Paolo Tanga | Co-conveners: Daniel Hestroffer, Davide Farnocchia, Josef Durech, Julia de Leon, Karri Muinonen, Federica Spoto

The Gaia mission is publishing a large amount of data concerning the minor bodies of the Solar System, with unique properties and quality. However, peculiarities of Gaia data, consequence of the typical complexity intrinsic to space missions, make an appropriate exploitation complex. This session has the ambition of gathering the community of planetary scientists exploiting Gaia through any of its data products, for sharing and discussing results, difficulties, experiences, and future perspectives. Several publications have made use of the Data Release 3 (2022) including astrometry for more than 150 thousand asteroids at milli-arcsec level accuracy. Minor planet positions by Gaia, used alone or combined with other data sources, have led to progress in detection and modeling of subtle dynamical effects, and to changes in observational approaches, especially in the domain of stellar occultations. The Focused Product Release in 2023 extended this data set in time, up to the duration of the nominal mission (5 years), pushing the limit of investigation further. High-precision unfiltered photometry and a first batch of reflectance spectra for 60 thousand asteroids have also been made available, leading to new results by photometric inversion and taxonomic classification. Altogether, the observations by Gaia are contributing to the evolution of our knowledge of the asteroid belt, are offering renewed approaches to ground based observations, and are a precious data source for planning future in-situ space missions. Looking forward to Data Release 4, it is the appropriate time for an evaluation of the impact of Gaia on Solar System science that can also provide useful feedback for the data processing consortium.

EPSC/DPS will be in Helsinki, September 7 to 12.

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MENTOR BOYS & GIRLS CLUB STUDENTS

NASA-funded researchers who work in extreme environments are invited to become Mentors for the Virtual Trips to Extreme Environments (VIRTEX) project! With training and support, Mentors act as STEM role models as they connect with teams of students (ages 10-15) at a partnering Boys & Girls Club. We’re looking for NASA-funded scientists, engineers, and technicians (including graduate students and other early career researchers) who conduct research in exciting, “extreme” environments such as remote field locations, unique laboratory settings, aircraft, mountain tops, underwater laboratories, and more. We anticipate up to 7 hours of your time, spread across several weeks. More information and applications are at https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/VIRTEX/mentors. 

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NASA L’SPACE PROGRAM – SUMMER 2025

Application Deadline: Sunday, May 4

Contact: [email protected]

The NASA Lucy Student Pipeline Accelerator and Competency Enabler (L’SPACE) Program is a free, online, interactive program for students interested in pursuing a career with NASA or other organizations in the space ecosystem.

L’SPACE consists of two academies: the Mission Concept Academy and the NASA Proposal Writing and Evaluation Experience Academy. Students may participate in one academy per semester. Each 15-week academy is designed to provide unique, hands-on learning and insight into the dynamic world of the space industry. Students can expect to learn NASA mission procedures and protocols from industry professionals as they collaborate with fellow team members to complete mission-related projects.

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NASA PLANETARY DATA TRAINING WORKSHOP – REGISTER BY APRIL 15, 2025

The NASA Planetary Data Training Workshops project will hold a VIRTUAL training on ASU’s Java Mission-planning and Analysis for Remote Sensing (JMARS) software on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, from 9am-1pm PDT (12-4pm EDT).  There is no registration fee for this workshop, and it will be virtual only.  JMARS is a GIS-based tool that is popular for analysis of planetary image data, and this workshop will be geared for NEW USERS.  Please register here for this Workshop by April 15, 2025:  https://forms.gle/t4UDBTLYExtuEGvZ8

 Registrants will receive the Zoom link for the Workshop several days prior.

NOTE:  Please register for a JMARS account and install the software on your own computer BEFORE the workshop at:  https://jmars.mars.asu.edu/index.php?q=user/register.  Any PC, Mac or Linux system and browser should work, but you will want to verify the install works ahead of time, as there won’t be time to troubleshoot during the Workshop.  If you have problems, please contact: [email protected].

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CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR ICARUS AND THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL

The current issues for both DPS-affiliated journals are here:

Icarus:

Icarus | Vol 430, In progress (April 2025) | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

The Planetary Science Journal:

Issue 4 – Volume 6 – The Planetary Science Journal – IOPscience

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JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

Job seekers and employers are encouraged to browse DPS’s job listings and advertise open positions **for free** on the DPS job board.

Full details for several new positions can be found on the DPS job board.

A summary of recent job announcements and postdoc opportunities are listed below.

1. ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme – Due Apr 30, 2025

To increase the scientific return from its space science missions, the European Space Agency (ESA) welcomes applications from scientists interested in pursuing research projects based on data publicly available in the ESA Space Science Archives (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc).

The ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme is open to scientists, at all career levels, affiliated with institutes in ESA Member States and Collaborating States, although we will also consider strong applications from outside those states. Early-career scientists (within 10 years of the PhD) and PhD students are particularly encouraged to apply. We encourage applications from women and minorities. The peer-review evaluation process is anonymised to ensure equal opportunities for all applicants.

Applications received before 1 May 2025 will be considered for visits in autumn and winter 2025/2026.

For further details, including areas of research and contact information, please refer to:

https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc/visitor-programme  or write to the programme coordinators at [email protected]

2. Full-time staff scientist to work with Roman team at IPAC 

IPAC, part of the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Division at Caltech, provides science operations, user support, data and archive services, and scientific vision to enhance discovery with observatories both in space and on the ground. IPAC invites applications from highly qualified individuals for a full-time position at the junior scientist level to work with the Roman team at IPAC.

The Roman Space Telescope is a NASA observatory designed to address key questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics. It is slated for launch in late 2026. The Roman Science Support Center (SSC) at IPAC is part of the Roman Ground Data System, providing algorithm and software development and data processing for the Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey and all Roman spectroscopic data. In addition, the SSC will support the operations of the Coronagraph Instrument, manage the Roman General Investigator Program proposal solicitations and related data analysis funding, and provide community support for exoplanet and wide-field spectroscopy science with Roman.

For more details, see: https://roman.ipac.caltech.edu

Link to the full job description: https://dps.aas.org/7526/

3. Postdoctoral Scholar: Asteroid Radar – University of Central Florida

The incumbent will be expected to participate in data analysis, physical and dynamical characterization of near-Earth asteroids using radar and optical data, and support archiving asteroid shape models in the Planetary Data System (PDS). This position is open until filled.

Postdoctoral scholar: asteroid radar

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