Angela Marusiak

God bless New Jersey. You don’t like us? Well we don’t like you either.

Yesterday, NASA broke a record. The longest distance travelled by a vehicle on the surface of a world other than Earth. The Perseverance rover has now driven 45.22 km, beating the previous record of 45.16 km by the Opportunity rover. Perseverance did the distance in 5.5 years to Oppy's 15.

None of this year's science Nobel Prizes have gone to women. The number of these prizes to go to women remains at 27 out of more than 600. See how many you can name in our quiz: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

My daughter loves nature documentaries. My dog is not a fan

For the second fiscal year in a row, NASA awarded ~20% fewer grants than the recent historical average. That's about 500 fewer grants going out to scientists around the country.

We're sending another seismometer to the Moon! www.nasa.gov/news-release...

ahhhh its out!!! really neat paper lead by @enceladusdude.bsky.social with contributions from myself, @planetaryquakes.bsky.social , and a few other fantastic coauthors. quick tldr: mars' bottom is squishy because its warm (hehe)

New paper out! Congrats to @enceladusdude.bsky.social! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🪐🔭

The Fall 2027 application for the Ph.D. program at LPL is now open. Find more information here: lpl.arizona.edu/admissions

New paper out! Our new article in Space Science Reviews details our BroadSCOPE sensor. It’s published along its companion paper on the ShortSCOPE sensor. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I'm on the science team of the Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS), a compact, autonomous seismic station designed to be placed on the lunar surface on a future Artemis mission. This is an engineering mock-up of LEMS at GSFC yesterday. Its twin is going to the Moon. THE MOON, PEOPLE

LPL has begun building EMILIA-3D, one of three science investigation payloads selected by NASA earlier this year to be delivered to the moon by a future Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, lander. news.arizona.edu/news/u-begin...

🚨BREAKING: the Senate will vote in A FEW HOURS on a bill keeping NASA funded & political appointees out of science grants. Without it, the government could shut down, a 46% NASA science cut, and political appointees would override peer review. Use your voice. ⬇️ www.planetary.org/advocacy-act...

BREAKING NEWS! The Senate has paused the OMB rule that would put Trump appointees in charge of federal spending. Next step - Contact your MoC and tell them to permanently REVOKE THE RULE: zurl.co/1SXEN Article: zurl.co/23mF8

Read about LPL-led Snow4Flow, which seeks to measure and model how far and fast glaciers are retreating in the far north. science.nasa.gov/earth/new-na...

Congrats to all! LPL is proud of our alums! More information about the DPS prize winners can be found here: dps.aas.org/news/aas-div...

House appropriators keep NASA funding flat A House appropriations subcommittee advanced a spending bill April 30 that would keep overall NASA funding at 2026 levels, rejecting a 23% cut proposed by the White House.

www.science.org/content/arti... House budget is out. 17% cut to NASA science 😭 🧪 🪐

Not quite as crazy as JPL’s origin story but seriously it sounds like it could rival Mad Men or the Real Housewives

The results counter claims used to stop adding the mineral to public water systems. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fluoride-drinking-water-iq-no-evidence

LIVE: Artemis astronauts set record for distance travelled from Earth by humans Alexandra Witze is in Houston, follow our live blog for updates of the Moon fly-by 🌔 go.nature.com/41VFR3n

New record for farthest from the Earth! apple.news/AbCtB5oZ0S6C...

The President's Budget Request proposes a 47% cut to NASA Science, a 55% cut to NSF, and a 13% cut to the DOE Office of Science. AAS President Dr. Dara Norman sent a call to action to AAS members via email today. Urge your members of Congress to reject these cuts now! aas.org/reject-2027-...

The Artemis 2 TLI burn is underway.

Artemis II: Houston has given Artemis II the "go" for TLI. The 5 minute 49 second TLI burn is set to begin at 7:49 pm EDT, in about 20 minutes. Watch on NASA's Youtube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

“Humanity’s next great voyage begins” Four astronauts are on their way to the Moon and, if everything goes to plan, they will travel farther from Earth than any human has before go.nature.com/418rR6i

NASA reporting an issue with one of the batteries on the Artemis 2 launch abort system; temperature out of range.

ESA Seeks Commercial Provider to Transport Payload to the Moon 🧪

#NASA HQ is further adjusting its NASA Advisory Committee by removing some current of its members. This note from NASA Administrator is being sent out to some NAC members.

Well, that's not as fast as I was hoping to get to the Moon... Now maybe not until 2030? spacenews.com/ispace-redes...

The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies at ASU is hiring a Deputy Director/Research Professor! apply.interfolio.com/182090

I don't yet* know who has been selected, but the selection *rate* for the Artemis III Participating Scientist Program seems to have been 5.5%. *I expect NASA to publicize these selections imminently

What happened to "America First"?

Yes please 🙏 🧪🛰️🪐 www.planetary.org/press-releas...

NASA Now Targeting April 1 for Artemis II’s Launch Around The Moon spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-no...

From NASA Are you a doctoral student, recent Ph.D., postdoc, or junior faculty who has a strong interest in science-driven robotic space exploration missions? The deadline to apply for NASA's Planetary Science Summer School is March 23. Details and eligibility: www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/internsh...

One was in the army and then involved in family businesses including a parking garage and the restaurant inside an amusement park. The other spent time in the navy before working at a Shell refinery.

Apply Now: 2025 NASA Planetary Science Summer School astrobiology.com/2025/01/appl... #NASA #Astrobiology #Astronomy #Geology #Education

Hanging out with some flight hardware.

Three years into my faculty job and I was just asked if I’m a student 👩‍🎓. I’m going to optimistic and assume they at least meant a grad student.

February 21, 1993, died on this day aged 105 years, Danish seismologist Inge Lehman. She discovered that the Earth has a inner core announcing it in 1936 with the shortest title for a paper ever: P' - after the seismic discontinuity between core and mantle shown by the P-waves

Artemis II WDR 2: SLS Core Stage has a bellyful of Liquid Hydrogen and Oxygen, with no issues reported so far! youtube.com/watch?v=pOAO...

From NASA Administrator Isaacman yesterday: "there are no missions that are being canceled or terminated. This was entirely an information gathering exercise that has been completely routine." He called the original report (in Politico Pro, not Gizmodo) "really incorrect".

The biggest planet in our solar system is a little bit smaller and a little bit flatter than we thought. A new study involving LPL Professor Emeritus William Hubbard updates our understanding of the shape of Jupiter. lpl.arizona.edu/news/2026/ju...