Enzmann Planetology Blog

Reading the Stories Written in Worlds

Before we colonize new planets, we must first understand them.
And before we understand them, someone must study the bones of worlds — layer by layer, continent by continent, sky by sky.

Dr. Robert Duncan-Enzmann was that someone. With geological fieldwork on seven continents, and advanced degrees from Harvard, MIT, Witwatersrand, Uppsala, and Ciudad Juárez, his expertise was anything but local. He parachuted alone onto the Greenland Ice Sheet, not once but twice, to conduct secret military surveys and launch ice-core studies now considered foundational. From desert basins to frozen coasts, he treated every inch of Earth as a template for understanding the planets beyond.

This blog opens a window into Enzmann’s world-spanning studies — where geology meets astronomy in the emerging science of planetology.

Here, you’ll find articles like:

• Orders of Magnitude – scaling the universe from atoms to galaxies

• Mars Atmospheric Studies – what Mars teaches us about planetary lifecycles

• And many others drawn from decades of notes, fieldwork, and visionary synthesis

These aren’t just academic curiosities—they’re pieces of a larger puzzle: How do planets form? How do they live, evolve, and die? And what does that tell us about our own?

Explore the blog. You may never look at a rock — or a star — the same way again.

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