LAB LOGA page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
Cosmochemistry Lab (Itoh, Geology and Mineralogy)
Machine-translated · View original
A lab that explores the beginnings of the solar system through meteorites and the oldest rocks.
AboutAbout the lab
Water in meteorites tells the story of the solar system's origin.
The lab studies extraterrestrial materials (meteorites, return samples from asteroids and the Moon, cosmic dust, and Mars), materials from Earth's deep interior (high-pressure experimental samples and mantle materials), and the oldest Earth materials.
Through quantitative analysis of trace amounts of structural water, mapping of trace elements, and isotope analysis of light elements such as hydrogen and carbon, the lab aims to clarify the universality and uniqueness of theories of the solar system's origin in the universe.
Key terms
- Return sample
- A sample that a spacecraft brought back to Earth from an asteroid or the Moon
- Isotope
- Atoms of the same element that differ only in mass (number of neutrons)
- Cosmic dust
- Very small grains of dust drifting in space
ResearchResearch themes
By examining the elemental and isotopic compositions of various extraterrestrial samples and laboratory-synthesized samples, the lab seeks to clarify, from the standpoint of materials chemistry, how the solar system and Earth have evolved over 4.6 billion years.
View More ↗
MembersFaculty
The members of the Cosmochemistry lab consist of faculty, doctoral and master's students, and fourth-year undergraduates.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakaaki Noguchi
- Associate ProfessorShoichi Itoh
VoicesStudent voices
Ratings and reviews reflect the experiences of individual current or former students, not the lab's official views. Whether a lab has reviews, or how many, says nothing about the lab itself.
Students who take part in an interview may receive a thank-you gift worth ¥1,000, regardless of what they say.
Student ratings (0 students)
--
--
--
--
--
--
Student voices answer questions like these
- What's great about this lab?
- What did you learn after joining?
- What's the vibe, and what is the professor like?
- Who is this lab for?
- Where do graduates go?
Your experience can help younger students choose their lab. Your name won't be shown.
Write a lab reviewAnonymous · Your draft is saved if you stopRelatedLabs similar to Cosmochemistry Lab (Itoh, Geology and Mineralogy)
Mineralogy LabFaculty of Science, School of ScienceAiming to clarify the formation conditions and mechanisms of…
Earth and Planetary Materials Science (Petrology Group, Kawakami) LabFaculty of Science, School of ScienceResearch on metamorphic and igneous rocks that make up the c…
Terrestrial Surface Science LabFaculty of Science, School of ScienceEnvironmental Geosphere Science conducts geoscientific resea…
Earth Biosphere History (Ubukata, Geology and Mineralogy) LabFaculty of Science, School of ScienceResearch and education on strata, sediments, and fossils exp…The information on this page is compiled by the LabLog team from the lab's public information and interviews. For corrections or removal requests, please contact LabLog, not the lab.
Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Allende meteorite” Shiny Things / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Microanalysis and the Evolution of the Solar System: “NWA 5930 Meteorite Thin Section Chondrule - Image 7” Solar Anamnesis / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (鉱物学講座
（三宅 亮） ): “Olivine Crystals from El Golfo on Lanzarote” Jan Helebrant (Juhele_CZ on Flickr) https://www.flickr.com/people/96541566@N06/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped) - Related lab (地球惑星物質科学
（岩石学グループ・河上 哲生） ): “Thin section scan crossed polarizers Siilinjärvi R” kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) - Related lab (陸域表層科学): “Landslides in Himachal Pradesh” Sridhar Rao / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (地球生物圏史
（生形貴男 （地質学鉱物学分野）） ): “Ammonite Pavement” RealGatba / CC0 (cropped)
About LabLog
LabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the basic lab info and rating summaries on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.