EAPS News

06-10-2026

Purdue researcher helps decode the hidden patterns shaping Earth's critical zone

A new study highlighted by AGU Eos shows how managed agriculture can make environmental systems harder to predict. EAPS's Lisa Welp was a part of the research team.

06-10-2026

Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have helped create a long-lived underground home for life

The asteroid that ended the age of dinosaurs also created something unexpected deep beneath the surface. A warm, water-rich environment that may have lasted for millions of years and could offer clues about where life might arise on Earth and other planets. EAPS's Marissa Tremblay was a part of the research team.

06-09-2026

The Moon: the absolute poverty of the 'Standard Model' and its explanation of anything to do with the Moon, from creation to 'gravity'.

Modern Scientism, Cults and the Age of darkness — No Science here. Dogma, gospel, maths and inane theories that should embarrass a 15 year old. The universe is an energy engine, full of material. Denying that is to be a reality denier. The post cites Purdue planetary scientist H. Jay Melosh’s work on the Moon’s origin, specifically his discussion of the “isotopic crisis,” or the challenge of explaining why Earth and Moon rocks are so chemically similar.

06-09-2026

Perseverance rover finds strange rocks on Mars

The Oklahoman — Perhaps you have seen videos or pictures of rocks very carefully stacked as an artistic work. They may even look impossibly balanced. Or you may have seen so-called balancing rocks, with one huge boulder precariously sitting on a tiny point on top of another large boulder. These terrestrial balancing boulders weren’t created by humans, but rather by wind and water erosion. Athanasios Klidaras, a PhD student in planetary science at Purdue University, was quoted in the article.

06-08-2026

NASA declares MAVEN, its Mars atmosphere orbiter, dead

ScienceNews — A veteran spacecraft has sniffed the Martian atmosphere for the last time. More than a decade after the MAVEN orbiter arrived at Mars and six months after it unexpectedly went quiet, NASA has officially declared the mission over. EAPS's Briony Horgan was quoted in the article.

06-08-2026

Hidden hundreds of kilometers deep, two rivers of molten rock are devouring the ancient base of the North American Continent

Click Oil and Gas — Hidden hundreds of kilometers deep, what scientists describe as two rivers of molten rock are slowly devouring the ancient base of the North American continent towards the Black Hills, overturning the old certainty that this core was an untouchable and immovable anchor of the planet. The research was conducted by a team led by EAPS geophysicist Xiaotao Yang, a professor at Purdue University and published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.