Tag: planetary-science
New Experiment Shows Bacteria Can Survive Asteroid Impacts and Interplanetary Travel
Scientists demonstrate bacteria can endure extreme asteroid impacts and space travel, suggesting possible Mars origins for Earth microbes.
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Investigates Mysterious Web-Like Formations on Mars
Curiosity rover explores unusual boxwork formations on Mars’ Mount Sharp, clarifying the origin of vast web-shaped surface patterns seen from orbit.
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Ceramic Electronics Could Enable Extended Missions on Venus’ Harsh Surface
New ceramic electronics promise longer-lasting Venus landers, overcoming extreme heat, pressure, and corrosive atmosphere challenges.
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Scientists Uncover Origin of Snowman-Shaped Objects at Solar System’s Edge
Researchers reveal why roughly one in ten Kuiper Belt objects exhibit a distinctive snowman shape, following NASA’s 2019 New Horizons discovery.
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James Webb Telescope Produces First 3D Map of Uranus’s Auroras Extending to Equator
The James Webb Space Telescope has created the first three-dimensional map of auroras on Uranus, revealing activity even near its equator.
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New Study Reveals Mars Was Warm and Wet Billions of Years Ago
Recent research suggests Mars had a warm and wet climate billions of years ago, challenging earlier ideas of a frozen planet.
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Study Suggests Earth’s Core Holds Vast Amount of Hydrogen, Challenging Cometary Water Origin Theory
New research reveals the Earth’s core may contain hydrogen equivalent to 45 oceans, casting doubt on the cometary hypothesis for our planet’s water origin.
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NASA Curiosity Finds Ancient Alkanes on Mars Suggesting Possible Past Life
NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered long-chain alkanes in Gale Crater clay, hinting at possible biological origins millions of years ago on Mars.
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Scientists Renew Search for Luna 9, First Spacecraft to Soft-Land on the Moon 60 Years Ago
Sixty years after Luna 9’s historic soft landing on the Moon, researchers are attempting to relocate the spacecraft on the lunar surface.
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Decades-Old Magellan Mission Data Reveals Massive Underground Tunnel on Venus
Archival radar data from NASA’s Magellan mission uncovers an extensive subterranean tunnel stretching tens of kilometers beneath Venus’s surface.
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NASA’s Juno Probe Refines Jupiter’s Size Measurements
NASA’s Juno mission provides updated, slightly smaller measurements of Jupiter, enhancing models of its core and atmosphere.
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Astronomers Discover Earth-Like Exoplanet With Significantly Colder Climate
A newly found exoplanet resembles Earth in size and orbit but has a much colder climate, colder on average than Mars.
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