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Damond Benningfield

Damond Benningfield is a freelance science writer and audio producer in Austin, Texas. Among other projects, he writes and produces StarDate, a daily radio program about astronomy and space exploration, and Science and the Sea, a weekly program about marine science. He has been involved with several other short-format radio programs. Benningfield, a native of Austin, also serves as executive editor of StarDate magazine. He has contributed to almost 50 magazines, newspapers, and websites, including Air & Space/Smithsonian, Smithsonian, and Astronomy. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from The University of Texas at Austin.

Artist’s illustration of a large yellow sphere with red curved lines running through it. A red striped sphere is in the foreground.
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“Hot Jupiter” Is in a Possible Death Spiral

by Damond Benningfield 31 January 202331 January 2023

Kepler’s first exoplanet is migrating toward its star, an evolved subgiant that is much bigger than first thought.

Illustration of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft diving through the plume of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in 2015
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Marine Science Goes to Space

by Damond Benningfield 4 January 20234 January 2023

Space and ocean scientists take a splash course in multidisciplinary science to chart our solar system’s ocean worlds.

The orange moon Titan passes in front of the striped disk of the planet Saturn, with Saturn’s rings seen edge on, forming a thin line between the moon and planet.
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Long-Gone Moon Could Explain Birth of Saturn’s Rings

by Damond Benningfield 20 October 202220 October 2022

Named Chrysalis, the moon could have disintegrated during a close encounter with the gas giant roughly 100 million years ago.

Gloved hands hold a dark chunk of rock, a part of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite.
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Tiny “Pancakes” Suggest Some Asteroids May Stay Active

by Damond Benningfield 22 September 202222 September 2022

Analysis of a meteorite that fell in Costa Rica shows that its parent body may resemble the asteroid Bennu.

A snow-capped volcano appears against a bright blue sky and is reflected in lake water of the same bright blue. In the foreground are green shrubs and a boulder.
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Supervolcanoes Linger a While, Then Rush to Erupt

by Damond Benningfield 12 September 202212 September 2022

Geologists examined crystals in rock from four massive eruptions in the Chilean Andes.

Diagram showing the interior of the Sun
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Shake, Rattle, and Probe

by Damond Benningfield 25 August 202217 January 2023

Helioseismology allows scientists to study the interior of the Sun, solve some basic physics mysteries, and forecast space weather.

Illustration of two spacecraft near the Moon, with Earth in the background.
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Moon’s Porosity Changes Cratering History, Study Says

by Damond Benningfield 3 August 20224 October 2022

Gravity field measurements from decade-old lunar orbiter provide a proxy for counting craters.

A small fragment of rock, part of a meteorite from the planet Mars.
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Flipping the Sequence of Martian Formation

by Damond Benningfield 15 July 202219 July 2022

Analysis of the Chassigny meteorite suggests the planet acquired most of its interior volatiles from meteorites, not from the solar nebula.

Detailed image shows sculpted layers of ice at Mars’s south pole.
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The Bumpy Search for Liquid Water at the South Pole of Mars

by Damond Benningfield 8 March 20228 March 2022

Studies since 2018 have provided competing explanations of bright radar reflections from the base of the south polar ice cap.

Una explosión de luz solar sobre una Tierra nublada.
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Pequeños cambios climáticos podrían verse magnificados por procesos naturales

by Damond Benningfield 1 March 202216 March 2022

Un nuevo estudio utiliza técnicas de modelado para descubrir cómo pequeños incidentes de calentamiento pueden convertirse en eventos hipertermales que duran miles de años.

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