John E Moores
@arcticsaxifrage.bsky.social
Planetary Scientist & Associate Professor at York University, Co-author of Daydreaming in the Solar System (he/him)
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https://popcornscience.ca/
www.johnemoores.com
https://popcornscience.ca/
This week, first year MSc student Izzy Marincic recounts her first big conference at EPSC in Helsinki, Finland last fall: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2026/02/dpse...
From an advisor's perspective it is always so great to see these moments of growth in my students. It really takes me back...
From an advisor's perspective it is always so great to see these moments of growth in my students. It really takes me back...
DPS/EPSC 2025: Izzy’s First Masters Conference
One of the best parts about being an advisor is that you get to see moments of growth in your trainees. Not only is is satisfying to see t...
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February 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
This week, first year MSc student Izzy Marincic recounts her first big conference at EPSC in Helsinki, Finland last fall: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2026/02/dpse...
From an advisor's perspective it is always so great to see these moments of growth in my students. It really takes me back...
From an advisor's perspective it is always so great to see these moments of growth in my students. It really takes me back...
A neat new result from the Curiosity mission about the persistence of liquid lakes on the surface of early Mars, protected beneath ice. Press release here: news.rice.edu/news/2026/th... paper here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
A neat new result from the Curiosity mission about the persistence of liquid lakes on the surface of early Mars, protected beneath ice. Press release here: news.rice.edu/news/2026/th... paper here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
In the final blog post of 2025, @transmartian.bsky.social reflects on their writing journey as a graduate student. york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/12/inse... This is a key skill: it's not science until it has been shared!
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Writing is a key part of being a researcher of any kind. It's not enough to do the work, take the data or make the discovery. It's not scien...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In the final blog post of 2025, @transmartian.bsky.social reflects on their writing journey as a graduate student. york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/12/inse... This is a key skill: it's not science until it has been shared!
You only get one first conference presentation. It can be a stressful experience, but ultimately it's rewarding too: a big step along the pathway to becoming a scientist. This week, MSc Abigail Newton describes her experience at the IPM Workshop last summer york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/11/baby...
Baby’s First Conference Talk
Public speaking: it's a critical part of communicating your science. But, apocryphally, most people would rather do almost anything else, ev...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
You only get one first conference presentation. It can be a stressful experience, but ultimately it's rewarding too: a big step along the pathway to becoming a scientist. This week, MSc Abigail Newton describes her experience at the IPM Workshop last summer york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/11/baby...
With graduate school application season coming up quickly, MSc student Milena Markovich offers some advice to those trying to select a program, lab group and project. Read more over on the PVL Blog: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/10/say-...
Say Yes to the Lab Group
It's an interesting exercise to look back from time to time. Can you make out the pathway that brought you to where you are today? No matter...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
With graduate school application season coming up quickly, MSc student Milena Markovich offers some advice to those trying to select a program, lab group and project. Read more over on the PVL Blog: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/10/say-...
New research from PhD student Elisa Dong! Could Dragonfly detect airbursts on Titan? To find out more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... This is Elisa's 2nd paper published this year - @planetneish.bsky.social and I are very proud advisors!! If you're looking for a postdoc, consider reaching out
Signal characteristics of potential airbursts in Titan’s atmosphere
We investigate the possibility of detecting airbursts in Titan’s atmosphere by considering their burst characteristics (height and energy release) and…
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October 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
New research from PhD student Elisa Dong! Could Dragonfly detect airbursts on Titan? To find out more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... This is Elisa's 2nd paper published this year - @planetneish.bsky.social and I are very proud advisors!! If you're looking for a postdoc, consider reaching out
We'll be back with a whole new season in 2026! In the meantime, why not respond to this message and tell us which of your favorite films and TV shows we should review next? Until then, you can catch up on Spotify open.spotify.com/show/3TARKhL... and Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
October 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We'll be back with a whole new season in 2026! In the meantime, why not respond to this message and tell us which of your favorite films and TV shows we should review next? Until then, you can catch up on Spotify open.spotify.com/show/3TARKhL... and Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
The booth is set up!
September 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The booth is set up!
Join me and Jesse at Word on the Street toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca today from 11-6 and tomorrow 10-5 in David Pecaut Square in downtown Toronto! We’ll have copies of Daydreaming, art from the book, stickers and other merch. Come and say hi!
The Word On The Street Toronto – Canada's Largest Literary Festival
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September 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Join me and Jesse at Word on the Street toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca today from 11-6 and tomorrow 10-5 in David Pecaut Square in downtown Toronto! We’ll have copies of Daydreaming, art from the book, stickers and other merch. Come and say hi!
This week on the PVL blog, undergrad Ella talks about her second summer in research: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/09/anot... Kudos to her for a banner term in which she published her first paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... and had her first media interview!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ4k...
Another Summer at PVL!
Ahh, summertime! You'd be surprised by the number of people who think us academics just get four months of vacation. Instead, it's the busi...
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September 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This week on the PVL blog, undergrad Ella talks about her second summer in research: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/09/anot... Kudos to her for a banner term in which she published her first paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... and had her first media interview!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ4k...
Don't forget that you can catch Deep Impact (Ep 11) and all of our other episodes over on Apple Podcasts and Spotify too!
In two weeks we will be back with our Season 1 Finale. We wanted to do something special so we reached back to the 1960s for a classic, reviewing it only 24 years too late
In two weeks we will be back with our Season 1 Finale. We wanted to do something special so we reached back to the 1960s for a classic, reviewing it only 24 years too late
This week on Popcorn Science, we go back to the summer of the killer asteroids. In 1998, both “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon” hit the big screens. We cover the lesser known (but better) movie as we discuss comets, impacts, and Elijah Wood’s obsession with rings. popcornscience.ca/deep-impact/...
Deep Impact
Cities fall, but they are rebuilt. And heroes die, but they are remembered. We honor them with every podcast we record. Our planet, our home.
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September 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Don't forget that you can catch Deep Impact (Ep 11) and all of our other episodes over on Apple Podcasts and Spotify too!
In two weeks we will be back with our Season 1 Finale. We wanted to do something special so we reached back to the 1960s for a classic, reviewing it only 24 years too late
In two weeks we will be back with our Season 1 Finale. We wanted to do something special so we reached back to the 1960s for a classic, reviewing it only 24 years too late
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This week on Popcorn Science, we go back to the summer of the killer asteroids. In 1998, both “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon” hit the big screens. We cover the lesser known (but better) movie as we discuss comets, impacts, and Elijah Wood’s obsession with rings. popcornscience.ca/deep-impact/...
Deep Impact
Cities fall, but they are rebuilt. And heroes die, but they are remembered. We honor them with every podcast we record. Our planet, our home.
popcornscience.ca
September 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This week on Popcorn Science, we go back to the summer of the killer asteroids. In 1998, both “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon” hit the big screens. We cover the lesser known (but better) movie as we discuss comets, impacts, and Elijah Wood’s obsession with rings. popcornscience.ca/deep-impact/...
If you're looking for more EJO after listening to us this week on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p... or Spotify open.spotify.com/show/3TARKhL... , don't fret! Next time on PSP we'll review a film that features Olmos' early career as an origami-enthusiast detective in dystopian 2019 Los Angeles
August 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you're looking for more EJO after listening to us this week on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p... or Spotify open.spotify.com/show/3TARKhL... , don't fret! Next time on PSP we'll review a film that features Olmos' early career as an origami-enthusiast detective in dystopian 2019 Los Angeles
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This week on Popcorn Science, John and I discuss the 2003 Battlestar Galactica Miniseries. Could Cylons really kill everyone with nuclear bombs alone? What kind of crazy solar system do the colonists live in? Grab your gun and bring this podcast in! popcornscience.ca/battlestar-g...
Battlestar Galactica
John and Catherine hear nothing but the rain while discussing the 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries. So grab your gun and bring the cat in.
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August 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This week on Popcorn Science, John and I discuss the 2003 Battlestar Galactica Miniseries. Could Cylons really kill everyone with nuclear bombs alone? What kind of crazy solar system do the colonists live in? Grab your gun and bring this podcast in! popcornscience.ca/battlestar-g...
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Warnica apologizes to the Canadian Space Agency for having a Mars rover bumper sticker, but I work with plenty of great Canadians on MSL, like @conorwhayes.bsky.social @transmartian.bsky.social @arcticsaxifrage.bsky.social who manage the cloud observations @martianclouds.bsky.social.
August 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Warnica apologizes to the Canadian Space Agency for having a Mars rover bumper sticker, but I work with plenty of great Canadians on MSL, like @conorwhayes.bsky.social @transmartian.bsky.social @arcticsaxifrage.bsky.social who manage the cloud observations @martianclouds.bsky.social.
PhD Student Elisa Dong examined the spatial variability of methane microseepage in the Canadian Arctic and found that you can detect changes as small as 3.5 ppbv over 10 m of travel with a simple laser gas detector (ABB ICOS). This will come in handy on Mars! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A Martian analog for spatially varying methane microseepage - polygons at expedition strip, Axel Heiberg Island
Methane measurements on Mars suggest that there are two main sources of methane into the atmosphere, point sources and microseepage contributing to ba…
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August 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
PhD Student Elisa Dong examined the spatial variability of methane microseepage in the Canadian Arctic and found that you can detect changes as small as 3.5 ppbv over 10 m of travel with a simple laser gas detector (ABB ICOS). This will come in handy on Mars! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Don't forget you can check out this episode (and all the others) over on Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... and on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/3TARKhL...
May the force be with you until next time when @planetneish.bsky.social and I discuss the '03 re-imagining of a '78 TV classic
May the force be with you until next time when @planetneish.bsky.social and I discuss the '03 re-imagining of a '78 TV classic
August 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Don't forget you can check out this episode (and all the others) over on Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... and on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/3TARKhL...
May the force be with you until next time when @planetneish.bsky.social and I discuss the '03 re-imagining of a '78 TV classic
May the force be with you until next time when @planetneish.bsky.social and I discuss the '03 re-imagining of a '78 TV classic
Popcorn Science is now on Spotify! You can find our first seven installments here: open.spotify.com/show/3TARKhL...
There's lots more scientific analysis of your favorite films and TV shows coming your way in the weeks ahead from @planetneish.bsky.social and I.
There's lots more scientific analysis of your favorite films and TV shows coming your way in the weeks ahead from @planetneish.bsky.social and I.
Popcorn Science Podcast
Podcast · John E. Moores & Catherine Neish · Popcorn Science is a podcast that takes a critical look at the science portrayed in our favourite movies and television shows.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Popcorn Science is now on Spotify! You can find our first seven installments here: open.spotify.com/show/3TARKhL...
There's lots more scientific analysis of your favorite films and TV shows coming your way in the weeks ahead from @planetneish.bsky.social and I.
There's lots more scientific analysis of your favorite films and TV shows coming your way in the weeks ahead from @planetneish.bsky.social and I.
Take a listen and let us know: did we nail it? Or did our bolt of inspiration go astray on this one? As always, you can find us over on Apple Podcasts as well! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
July 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Take a listen and let us know: did we nail it? Or did our bolt of inspiration go astray on this one? As always, you can find us over on Apple Podcasts as well! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
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Sometimes a group meeting can be seven grad students, three undergrads, a postdoc, and their advisor all working on Mariner 4 inspired art. (Original image: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA2...)
July 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Sometimes a group meeting can be seven grad students, three undergrads, a postdoc, and their advisor all working on Mariner 4 inspired art. (Original image: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA2...)
This summer marks 60 years since the first detailed image was sent back from another planet (Mariner 4). The scientists on Earth were so keen to see it that they hand coloured the telemetry. In their honour, today @conorwhayes.bsky.social led our group to do the same with a more recent mars pic!
July 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This summer marks 60 years since the first detailed image was sent back from another planet (Mariner 4). The scientists on Earth were so keen to see it that they hand coloured the telemetry. In their honour, today @conorwhayes.bsky.social led our group to do the same with a more recent mars pic!
Summer is a time to recharge. Freed of distractions, it can be the perfect opportunity to dive into an exciting scientific problem! But it can be hard to remember to come up for air. This week's blog, MSc student Isabelle Marincic writes about finding balance: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/07/athl...
Athletics + Academics = A Balanced Life
A challenge for many of us who do science professionally is knowing when to take a break. The engrossing feeling of diving into an all consu...
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July 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Summer is a time to recharge. Freed of distractions, it can be the perfect opportunity to dive into an exciting scientific problem! But it can be hard to remember to come up for air. This week's blog, MSc student Isabelle Marincic writes about finding balance: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/07/athl...
Ella Ordinaria, a 3rd year biochemistry student working in my lab, just published her first paper over at the Research Notes of the AAS. How many terrestrial microbes are likely to survive Europa Clipper's journey to Jupiter? To find out, read: doi.org/10.3847/2515... via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
Bioburden Reductions on the Europa Clipper Spacecraft During its MEGA-trajectory Cruise to Jupiter - IOPscience
Bioburden Reductions on the Europa Clipper Spacecraft During its MEGA-trajectory Cruise to Jupiter, Ordinaria, Ruella, Moores, John E., Bischof, Grace, Schuerger, Andrew C.
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July 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ella Ordinaria, a 3rd year biochemistry student working in my lab, just published her first paper over at the Research Notes of the AAS. How many terrestrial microbes are likely to survive Europa Clipper's journey to Jupiter? To find out, read: doi.org/10.3847/2515... via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
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This week, John and I take a deep dive into the most pretentious film about exoplanets I have ever seen. But with an advisor like @arcticsaxifrage.bsky.social, there’s lots of good science to admire.
Last week, @planetneish.bsky.social and I had some critical words about the science in "The Core" so we thought it only fair to examine 2018's "Clara," a film where I served as the science advisor. Here, I have no one to blame but myself for the science gripes! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Popcorn Science Podcast
Popcorn Science is a podcast that takes a critical look at the science portrayed in our favourite movies and television shows.
popcornscience.ca
July 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This week, John and I take a deep dive into the most pretentious film about exoplanets I have ever seen. But with an advisor like @arcticsaxifrage.bsky.social, there’s lots of good science to admire.
Last week, @planetneish.bsky.social and I had some critical words about the science in "The Core" so we thought it only fair to examine 2018's "Clara," a film where I served as the science advisor. Here, I have no one to blame but myself for the science gripes! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Popcorn Science Podcast
Popcorn Science is a podcast that takes a critical look at the science portrayed in our favourite movies and television shows.
popcornscience.ca
July 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Last week, @planetneish.bsky.social and I had some critical words about the science in "The Core" so we thought it only fair to examine 2018's "Clara," a film where I served as the science advisor. Here, I have no one to blame but myself for the science gripes! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...