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Scientists Explain Why Jupiter’s and Saturn’s Icy Moons Have Extreme Radar Properties

By News Staff March 23, 2023

The radar properties of icy satellites of Jupiter and Saturn commonly differ by more than an order of magnitude from those of rocky planets because of the lower absorptivity of…

Relict Glacier Spotted near Martian Equator

By News Staff March 20, 2023

A so-called light-toned deposit (LTD) in Eastern Noctis Labyrinthus, about 160 km (99.4 miles) north-west of Oudemans crater near Mars’ equator, presents distinctive morphologic characteristics of a glacier, according to…

Planetary Scientists Create Two New Forms of Extraterrestrial Ice

By News Staff February 21, 2023

University of Washington researcher Baptiste Journaux and colleagues believe the newly-created substances could form at the surface and bottom of deep oceans on Jupiter’s icy moons Europa and Ganymede. This…

Scientists Explain Why Jupiter’s and Saturn’s Icy Moons Have Extreme Radar Properties

Relict Glacier Spotted near Martian Equator

Planetary Scientists Create Two New Forms of Extraterrestrial Ice

Astronomers Propose New Definition of Planet

Cassini Reveals Surface Properties of Titan’s Hydrocarbon Seas