Dr. Rebecca Fischer (@r_a_fischer) 's Twitter Profile
Dr. Rebecca Fischer

@r_a_fischer

Assistant prof at Harvard, studying Earth/planetary accretion, core formation, & interior structure/composition. Dog mom, avid walker, dabbling in printmaking.

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Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (@harvardmuseums) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our latest #podcast episode features a conversation between Jennifer Berglund & Dr. Rebecca A. Fischer Dr. Rebecca Fischer, Clare Boothe Luce Asst Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard in celebration of the landing of the #MarsRover on 2/18. bit.ly/HMSCconnectspo…

Our latest #podcast episode features a conversation between Jennifer Berglund &amp; Dr. Rebecca A. Fischer <a href="/r_a_fischer/">Dr. Rebecca Fischer</a>, Clare Boothe Luce Asst Professor of Earth &amp; Planetary Sciences, Harvard in celebration of the landing of the #MarsRover on 2/18. bit.ly/HMSCconnectspo…
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Don't let NASA fool you. "Percy" is no lovable, touchy feely explorer. It's actually a two-ton, nuclear powered, titanium robot that is going to spend a decade trampling over Mars, drilling into it mercilessly and stealing some rocks.

Dr. Rebecca Fischer (@r_a_fischer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our recent Nature Communications paper on Moon formation (nature.com/articles/s4146…) was featured in an Editors' Highlights on astronomy and planetary science (nature.com/collections/bb…)! Lots of interesting articles in there.

News from Science (@newsfromscience) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If we could have seen the Earth three to four billion years ago, what would we have seen? Water—lots and lots of water. Enough to submerge most of today’s continents. fcld.ly/3b0ts4a

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Compressing simple minerals with giant lasers revealed that super-Earth mantles could layer, mix, and flow different than Earth's does. Story by K. Cartier, research by Frederica Coppari Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, comments by Dr. Rebecca Fischer and Yingwei Fei eos.org/articles/super…

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Our new paper (led by @2jdong) is out here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20… With coverage in Science Mag (sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/a…) and EOS (eos.org/editor-highlig…)!

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See this thread from the fantastic @2jdong that nicely summarizes what we did. So proud, and so relieved to have this out after so many rejections! Thanks to everyone involved.

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Happy #GeologistsDay! Learn about the mysteries of planet formation from our #podcast interview with Geophysicist Rebecca A. Fischer (Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, #Harvard) Dr. Rebecca Fischer. Listen here: hmsc.harvard.edu/podcast #Geophysics

Happy #GeologistsDay! Learn about the mysteries of planet formation from our #podcast interview with Geophysicist Rebecca A. Fischer (Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, #Harvard) <a href="/R_A_Fischer/">Dr. Rebecca Fischer</a>. Listen here: hmsc.harvard.edu/podcast #Geophysics