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Plot showing measured magnetic field on Juno as a function of frequency and time on 29 May 2019

Editors' Highlights 25 January 2021

Radio on Jupiter, Brought to You by Ganymede

Another first from NASA’s Juno spacecraft: the detection of Jupiter radio emissions influenced by the moon Ganymede, over a range of about 250 kilometers in the polar region of Jupiter.
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Pair of images of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede taken by a passing spacecraft

Research Spotlight 14 January 2021

Juno Maps Water Ice Across Northern Ganymede

Infrared observations from instruments on the Juno spacecraft cover regions of Ganymede not visible to Earth-based telescopes.
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Planetary Sciences
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News 7 January 2021

Very Good Space Boys: Robotic Dogs May Dig Into Martian Caves

Four-legged, autonomous robots known as “Mars Dogs” will explore previously inaccessible caves to look for signs of life and potential locations for future human colonies.
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Plot showing X-Ray Diffraction patterns for products from Mars chamber electrostatic discharge experiments using hydrated magnesium sulfate salt starting materials.

Editors' Highlights 7 January 2021

Martian Dust Activities Induce Electrochemistry

Amorphous materials generated from sulfur and chloride salts by electrostatic discharge in a Mars chamber suggest widespread electrical processes during dust activities.
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Planetary Sciences
Plot showing evolution of crustal thickness over time for mantle convection models of Venus with different yield strength

Editors' Highlights 5 January 2021

What Happened When the Lithosphere of Venus Broke?

Although Venus does not have plate tectonics today, previous episodes of intense tectonic activity could have resulted in a distribution of crustal thickness and age resembling the plate we see today.
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Geology & Geophysics
Color image of the planet Mars

Research Spotlight 4 January 2021

First Detection of a Built-In Wobble on Another Planet

Spacecraft find that Mars oscillates 10 centimeters off its axis of rotation.
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Illustration showing the Heliosphere and its surroundings

Editors' Highlights 23 December 2020

The Cosmic Timeline of Heliophysics

Thom Moore began his career after the start of the space age. This is the story of how he converted his interests in evolution, philosophy, and psychology and writing into the study of heliophysics.
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Closeup of an illustration of a trilobite (left) beside blue swirls representing Earth’s magnetic field

Science Update 21 December 2020

Habitability and the Evolution of Life Under Our Magnetic Shield

Earth’s global magnetic field likely dates back billions of years and is a barrier against cosmic radiation. What roles has it played in the planet’s biosphere?
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Planetary Sciences
Plot showing a crater produced by the impact of a 10 km diameter bolide impacting a model of (16) Psyche

Editors' Highlights 21 December 2020

Predicting the Unique Shape of Craters on Asteroid (16) Psyche

Models link the variety of crater shapes expected on (16) Psyche with the interior structure of this unique asteroid, in preparation for the arrival of the Psyche probe in 2026.
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Grayscale image of Uranus’s moon, Titania

News 14 December 2020

Do Uranus’s Moons Have Subsurface Oceans?

Scientists tested whether a classic technique could detect subsurface oceans on the moons of Uranus. In this scenario, the planet’s oddball magnetic field offers a big advantage.
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