Washington D.C., 9 January 2009—Asteroids are hunks of rock that orbit in the outer reaches of space, and scientists have generally assumed that their small size limited the types of rock that could form in their crusts.
Venkat Bhadram, postdoctoral associate, was one of three selected for best poster awards at the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), which was held before the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) in mid July. The winners of the poster awards gave five-minute short work presentations during the GRC.