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Artwork by Anastasia Grigoryeva depicting solar wind as it affects the Martian atmosphere
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Mars Lost Steam

by E. Underwood 11 April 2019

Solar winds are not the main culprit in stripping the planet’s atmosphere, a new study suggests.

Trailing hemisphere of Europa
Posted inNews

How Hot Is Europa? Now There’s a Map for That

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 5 September 20185 September 2018

The new global map of Europa’s surface heat also highlighted one spot on the moon that is inexplicably cold.

Posted inNews

What Caused the Sudden Heating of Uranus's Atmosphere?

by JoAnna Wendel 13 January 20167 September 2016

A recently observed temperature reversal on Uranus may offer a clue to a long-standing mystery: Why are the upper atmospheres of gas giants so hot?

Posted inEditors' Vox

First Results from the MAVEN Mission to Mars

by A. Dombard, B. Lavraud, W. K. Peterson and N. Diffenbaugh 5 November 201510 February 2018

Geophysical Research Letters publishes First Results from the MAVEN Mission to Mars, demonstrating a remarkable achievement of NASA's MAVEN team and the broader scientific community.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Formed These Curious Ripples on Mars?

by C. Minnehan 18 September 201518 September 2015

Dunes, ridges, or something else? Scientists seek to understand the origins of transverse aeolian ridges.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

When the Sun Goes Quiet, Titan Gets Gassy

by Mark Zastrow 11 May 201511 May 2015

Observations from NASA's Cassini probe show that the level of methane in Titan's atmosphere depends on the Sun's 11-year cycle of magnetic activity.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

What’s Driving Titan’s Atmosphere?

by E. Betz 11 February 20151 March 2015

A new analysis of Cassini data reveals a major source of heavy hydrocarbons on Saturn’s moon Titan.

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