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A picture of Phobos, the larger of Mars’s two moons

Research Spotlight 11 February 2019

New Hints About How Martian Moons Formed

A new study finds that Phobos includes chunks of Martian crust.
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Planetary Sciences
Slope streaks on Mars

Editors' Vox 15 January 2019

Revisiting Enigmatic Martian Slope Streaks

Slope streaks of different sizes and shapes are a common feature on the surface of Mars, but scientists disagree about the mechanisms for their formation and development.
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Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two tiny satellites, pictured near the limb of Mars by the robot spacecraft Mars Express in 2010.

Scientific Press Releases 25 September 2018

Martian Moon May Have Come from Impact on Home Planet

Spectral fingerprints of Phobos’ surface support an ancient big crash origin for the Martian moon.
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Icy Bay in Alaska’s Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness

News 13 September 2018

Global Ice Monitoring Satellite to Launch as Early as This Week

The soon-to-launch satellite will measure the height and thickness of sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets, and permafrost around the world to an unprecedentedly high precision.
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Image of part of the Cerberus Fossae fault, taken by the HiRISE instrument aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Research Spotlight 28 August 2018

Searching for Signs of Marsquakes

Researchers use high-resolution images of Mars’s surface to look for signals of coseismic displacement.
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Planetary Sciences
Mercury’s south pole to 80°S, with an Arecibo radar image in pink indicating locations of water ice.

Research Spotlight 20 April 2018

Evidence of Extensive Ice Deposits Near Mercury’s South Pole

New radar observations and refined illumination maps reveal uneven water ice deposits twice the size of those found around the planet’s north pole, suggesting the source may be a recent comet impact.
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Horizontal exposure of cyclic cross strata in the Navajo Sandstone

Meeting Report 15 February 2018

Planetary Dune Workshop Expands to Include Subaqueous Processes

The Fifth International Planetary Dunes Workshop: From the Bottom of the Oceans to the Outer Limits of the Solar System; St. George, Utah, 16–19 May 2017
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Planetary Sciences
Irradiation-induced color changes in sodium chloride suggest Europa’s ocean waters are mixing with surface waters—a sign of the moon’s potential to support life

Research Spotlight 31 January 2018

Seeking Salt That Surfaces from Europa’s Hidden Ocean

Irradiation-induced color changes in sodium chloride could reveal whether it came from ocean water mixing with surface water, a key component of the moon’s potential to support life.
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Planetary Sciences
Researchers examine images taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover to see how Martian sand dunes form.

Research Spotlight 29 June 2017

Curiosity Spies Shifting Sands on Mars

Images from the rover’s pioneering encounter with sand dunes on Mars constrain wind speeds required to move sand in the thin Martian atmosphere.
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Ocean Sciences
The movement of the Gulf Stream has big impacts on ocean mixing and heat transport off the East Coast of the U.S.

Research Spotlight 8 November 2016

Gulf Stream Destabilization Point Is on the Move

Westward migration of the wavelike Gulf Stream pattern could have big effects on ocean mixing and heat transport off the U.S. East Coast.
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