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An image depicting Jupiter and its four largest moons

Research Spotlight 20 August 2020

Jupiter’s Ocean Moons Raise Tidal Waves on One Another

New research considers the effect of Jupiter’s Galilean moons on each other’s oceans for the first time.
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Planetary Sciences
Photographs of two different locations on the surface of Mars showing a small impact crater (top) and a similarly sized hollow (bottom)

Editors' Highlights 18 August 2020

Self-Repairing Blemishes on the Surface of Mars

A new study of small impact craters at Mars landing sites suggests that active processes degrade and infill depressions at similar rates in locations separated by thousands of kilometers.
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Planetary Sciences
Illustration of lightning at Jupiter’s north pole

Feature 13 August 2020

Rayos Planetarios: Misma Física, Mundos Distantes

Un rayo en el planeta Tierra necesita sólo algunos simples ingredientes para generar una chispa. Esos ingredientes existen en todo el sistema solar y más allá.
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Atmospheric Sciences
A nautilus-shaped cyclone with white ammonia clouds swirling anticlockwise observed in Jupiter’s northern midlatitudes

Research Spotlight 5 August 2020

“Mushballs” May Drive Ammonia Transport on Jupiter

Hail might account for observed depletions of ammonia in the planet’s atmosphere.
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Planetary Sciences
An image depicting bright-toned sand ripples in Proctor Crater on Mars.

Research Spotlight 31 July 2020

Megaripple Migration Offers Insights into Martian Atmosphere

The movement of large sand ripples, documented for the first time, suggests Mars is windier than we thought.
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Planetary Sciences
Selfie taken by the Curiosity rover at the top of Vera Rubin ridge

Editors' Vox 31 July 2020

Curiosity Solves the Mystery of Gale Crater’s Hematite Ridge

A new special issue of JGR: Planets details the water-rich history of a distinctive geomorphic feature on Mars dubbed Vera Rubin ridge, as investigated by the Curiosity rover.
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Planetary Sciences
Schematic of the mechanical design of the Heatflow and Physical Properties Package radiometer

Editors' Highlights 27 July 2020

Insights from Calibration of the HP³ Radiometer on InSight

A detailed analysis of Heatflow and Physical Properties Package Radiometer on the Mars InSight lander, including changing instrument sensitivity and calibration coefficients.
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Atmospheric Sciences
The Chicxulub impact event, framed by fluffy clouds and flying pterosaurs

News 21 July 2020

Asteroid Impact, Not Volcanism, Likely Spelled Dinosaurs’ End

Using climate and habitat modeling, researchers show that solar dimming caused by an asteroid impact would have plunged the world into an “impact winter” and decimated dinosaur habitats.
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Planetary Sciences
Map of the Gusev Crater region of Mars with craters detected by an algorithm shown in red

Editors' Highlights 21 July 2020

Who Wants to Count All the Craters on Mars? Not Me!

Humans found hundreds of thousands of craters on Mars greater than 1 kilometer in diameter, but now computers automate the process delivering crater counts as well as geologically meaningful ages.
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Planetary Sciences
Orbital view of Mars’s atmosphere and horizon

News 14 July 2020

A Month of Milestones for Mars Missions

Mars launch season has arrived, and it brings the first space exploration mission from the Arab world, China’s first Mars landing, and the first powered flight on another planet.
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