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Scientific Discipline Planetary Sciences: Comets and Small Bodies

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: New research suggests solar wind is the main driver of space weathering on the Moon’s surface

Research Spotlight 23 January 2018

Space Weathering Asymmetrically Alters Lunar Crater Walls

Directional differences in craters’ optical properties suggest that the solar wind, not tiny meteorites, is the main driver of space weathering on the Moon.
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Planetary Sciences
This image shows Ceres as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft

Scientific Press Releases 27 October 2017

Dawn Finds Possible Ancient Ocean Remnants at Ceres

Ceres' crust as we see it today, with its mixture of ice, salts and hydrated materials, represents most of the dwarf planet's ancient ocean, scientists say
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Planetary Sciences
World Space Week: Voyager journey through solar bubble

Feature 6 October 2017

Ten New Frontiers in the Solar System and Beyond

Humanity’s reach has extended from the surface of Earth to the very edge of our solar system, even to exoplanets far into space. What’s next in our journey into the unknown?
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Saturn’s largest moon Titan, viewed by Cassini.

News 13 September 2017

VIDEO: The Weird, Wonderful Science Behind Titan’s Atmosphere

Scientists are baffled by a spacecraft’s detection of large molecules in a moon’s atmosphere.
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Planetary Sciences
Tracking a solar eruption through the solar system

Scientific Press Releases 16 August 2017

Tracking a Solar Eruption Through the Solar System

Observation of a solar eruption by multiple spacecraft triggered one of the largest collaborative efforts to trace the journey of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection to the outer reaches of the solar system.
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Planetary Sciences
Titan’s lake Ligeia Mare

News 28 July 2017

Could a Newfound Molecule on Titan Be a Building Block for Life?

The discovery of vinyl cyanide in the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan has huge implications for life—but not as we know it.
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Planetary Sciences
An artist’s rendition of a hot disk surrounding Earth, with the Moon on its fringes.

Meeting Report 13 July 2017

Signs of Water in a Moon Rock

NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) Lunar Volatiles Workshop; Laurel, Maryland, 15–17 November 2016
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Planetary Sciences
Laser-interrogated microfluidic chip, new planetary instrument technology to search for chemical indicators of life on other worlds.

Meeting Report 8 June 2017

Instrument Development Enables Planetary Exploration

Third International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions; Pasadena, California, 24–27 October 2016
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Planetary Sciences
Early science results from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world.

Scientific Press Releases 26 May 2017

First Science Results from NASA’s Juno Mission

New findings challenge assumptions about Jupiter’s composition and magnetic fields.
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Planetary Sciences

Editors' Vox 25 May 2017

Close Encounter with Jupiter

First results from the Juno mission shed new light on Jupiter’s atmosphere, gravity, magnetic field, aurora, history, and more.
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