EAPS News

01-16-2026

Kim Stanley Robinson interview: The Ministry for the Future author on climate fiction, political imagination, and health

BMJ — This interview is with Kim Stanley Robinson, who wrote a best-selling novel based on one of EAPS Professor Matthew Huber's research articles. The BMJ is one of the world's most prestigious journals, and it is now publishing a special issue inspired by his book, which was inspired by Huber's article.

01-16-2026

Advancing Space Exploration at Purdue

The 2nd annual Advancing Space Exploration at Purdue Symposium, hosted by the College of Science, will bring together leaders from inside and outside Purdue to discuss opportunities for universities to work with industry partners to make the next giant leap in robotic and human space exploration.

01-14-2026

Rocks and rolls: The computational infrastructure of earthquakes and physics of planetary science

An expert in earth sciences and seismology, Andrea Donnellan, professor and head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, gets much of her data from a bird’s-eye view, studying the planet’s surface from the air and space, using the data to make discoveries and deepen understanding about earthquakes and other geological processes.

01-08-2026

Mars Perseverance rover found a rock that could be a giant meteorite

Earth — NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted a desk-sized rock, nicknamed Phippsaksla, on Mars that looks suspiciously like an iron-rich meteorite. EAPS's Candice Bedford was cited in the article.

01-06-2026

Mars rover: New clues about the ancient atmosphere

AP — Briony Horgan is a professor of planetary science at Purdue University and a tactical science lead on NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover mission. Horgan is among the authors of the important study "Carbonated ultramafic rocks in Jezero crater, Mars," released in the journal Science.

01-06-2026

Perseverance continues science mission amid uncertainty about Mars Sample Return

SpaceNews — NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is continuing its mission to collect samples despite uncertainty about how, when or even if those samples will be returned to Earth. At a press briefing during the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) here Dec. 17, project officials said the rover, which landed in Jezero Crater nearly five years ago, is in good condition as it ascends out of the crater. EAPS's Briony Horgan was quoted in the article.