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Cassini Reveals Surface Properties of Titan’s Hydrocarbon Seas

Cassini Reveals Surface Properties of Titan’s Hydrocarbon Seas

Posted by By News Staff July 16, 2024
Saturn’s moon Titan was explored by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft from 2004 to 2017. While Cassini revealed a lot about this Earth-like world, its radar observations could only provide limited information…
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Ancient Mars was Cool and Relatively Wet, New Study Suggests

Ancient Mars was Cool and Relatively Wet, New Study Suggests

Posted by By News Staff July 11, 2024
In a new study, planetary scientists found strong similarities between soils found in Gale Crater on Mars and those of Canada’s Newfoundland, a cold subarctic climate. X-ray amorphous material comprises…
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Mars is Bombarded by Meteoroids At More Frequent Rates than Previously Thought

Mars is Bombarded by Meteoroids At More Frequent Rates than Previously Thought

Posted by By News Staff June 28, 2024
Current impact rates at Mars could be 2-10 times higher than previously estimated, depending on the size of the meteoroids, according to new research. Mars; the center of the scene…
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Juno Spots ‘Hot Rings’ on Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io

Juno Spots ‘Hot Rings’ on Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io

Posted by By News Staff June 27, 2024
These bright (hot) ‘thermal rings’ are a common phenomenon, and they are indicative of active lava lakes, according to a new analysis of data from the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper…
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Study: Active, Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems on Small Ocean Worlds Could Support Life

Study: Active, Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems on Small Ocean Worlds Could Support Life

Posted by By News Staff June 25, 2024
Ocean worlds are planetary bodies that have a liquid ocean, often under an icy shell or within the rocky interior. In our own Solar System, several moons of Jupiter and…
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Coastlines of Titan’s Largest Lakes and Seas Were Eroded by Wave Activity: Study

Coastlines of Titan’s Largest Lakes and Seas Were Eroded by Wave Activity: Study

Posted by By News Staff June 19, 2024
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is the only known planetary body besides Earth on which standing liquids persist. Liquid hydrocarbons, supplied by rainfall from the moon’s thick atmosphere, form rivers, lakes,…
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NASA Returns Voyager 1 Spacecraft to Normal Science Operations

NASA Returns Voyager 1 Spacecraft to Normal Science Operations

Posted by By News Staff June 14, 2024
Voyager 1 is conducting science operations for the first time following a technical issue that arose in November 2023. Voyager 1 launched from Florida’s NASA Kennedy Space Center on September…
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Water Frost Deposits Spotted on Tropical Martian Volcanoes

Water Frost Deposits Spotted on Tropical Martian Volcanoes

Posted by By News Staff June 11, 2024
Using high-resolution color images from ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Mars Express missions, planetary researchers have found evidence for morning frost deposits on the calderas of the Tharsis volcanoes…
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Jupiter’s Polar Cyclones are Fueled by Processes Similar to Those Acting on Earth: Study

Jupiter’s Polar Cyclones are Fueled by Processes Similar to Those Acting on Earth: Study

Posted by By News Staff June 10, 2024
Planetary scientists first made the connection between Earth and Jupiter in 2018 when they noticed a striking similarity between images of Jupiter’s huge cyclones and the ocean turbulence. In 2022,…
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NILS Detects Negative Ions on Lunar Surface

NILS Detects Negative Ions on Lunar Surface

Posted by By News Staff June 6, 2024
The Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument onboard China’s Chang’e-6 probe has detected negative ions on the surface of the Moon. These ions are produced on the lunar…
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Cassini Reveals Surface Properties of Titan’s Hydrocarbon Seas

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