Video Features SBU Professors Discussing the Exploration of Mars
In a new video, Distinguished Professor Scott McLennan and Associate Professor Joel Hurowitz of the Department of Geosciences at Stony Brook University talk about their experience with the Mars exploration...Read More
Study Shows Mars’ Early Climate Was Intermittently Warm
Samples from the Jezero Crater, the landing site of NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission, may help to reveal evidence of Mars' climate changes during its existence and possible signs of previous life.
SBU Professors Ready to Learn if There Was Life on Mars
Geosciences Professors Scott McLennan and Joel Hurowitz are actively involved in the Mars exploration rover Perseverance mission, a two-year science investigation of Mars’ Jezero Crater.
Geosciences Professor Joel Hurowitz Studies the Climate on Mars
In a study of the ancient Gale Crater on Mars, Hurowitz and scientists from Rice University determined that Iceland’s climate is the closest to ancient Mars.
Professor Joel Hurowitz Celebrates Third Mars Rover Milestone
As an SBU grad student, Hurowitz was part of the Mars Exploration Rover mission in 2004. Now he is involved in the latest rover mission, Perseverance.
Planetary InSight: Scott McLennan Reflects on Two Decades of Mars Research
As a young undergraduate student in Canada, Scott McLennan planned to spend his life studying the composition and characteristics of the Earth, and in 1987, he began teaching in Stony...Read More
