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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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Planetary Sciences
Artist’s conception of WATSON instrument surrounded by life-related molecules

News 10 December 2020

An Ice Probe on Earth Could Help Us Find Life in Space

An instrument called WATSON can help find biosignatures on icy ocean worlds.
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Planetary Sciences
A dark, rocky exoplanet in front of a starry background

News 7 December 2020

Airless Exoplanet’s Mantle Could Flow in Halves

With no atmosphere in the way, measurements of the planet’s surface temperature are the first observational constraints on mantle convection models for an exoplanet.
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Researchers stand with a rover robot inside a lava tube cave at Lava Beds National Monument in California

Science Update 1 December 2020

Planetary Cave Exploration Progresses

Terrestrial caves offer scientific and engineering insights and serve as testing grounds for future forays by humans and robots into caves on other worlds.
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Planetary Sciences
Satellite image of Earth, as filmed by Apollo 8 astronauts from the surface of the Moon

News 30 November 2020

Exoplanet Earth: An Ultimate Selfie to Find Habitable Worlds

Aliens spying on us from afar is a common science fiction trope. Soon we might know what E.T. would see through a telescope. And that information could help identify other Earth-like planets.
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Planetary Sciences

Editors' Highlights 24 November 2020

Life in the Chicxulub Crater Years After It Was Formed

While the seas were still churning from the impact and the seawater temperatures were high due to the hydrothermal activity, life was reestablishing itself inside the crater.
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Geology & Geophysics
A colorful depiction of the four Magnetospheric Multiscale mission satellites traversing Earth’s magnetic field

News 24 November 2020

Bringing Clarity to Magnetic Reconnection

A particle-level process appears to play a key role in planet-sized events throughout the universe.
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Planetary Sciences
A color mosaic close-up of the pockmarked surface of a crescent Moon

Research Spotlight 20 November 2020

Moon May Hold Billions of Tons of Subterranean Ice at Its Poles

By modeling over 4 billion years of the Moon’s impact history, scientists estimate that the lunar poles may harbor billions of metric tons of subsurface ice.
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