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Life Teems Below the Surface

by J. Chorover, E. Aronson, J. McIntosh and E. Roden 24 September 202022 November 2021

Scientists are resolving how plants, microbes, and lithology sculpt the structure of the critical zone.

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Critical Zone Science Comes of Age

by P. Waldron 24 September 202022 March 2022

The developing field, which unites Earth scientists to examine the planet’s surface as a single, unified entity, is unraveling the complex, interconnected processes that support life on Earth.

Selfie taken by the Curiosity rover at the top of Vera Rubin ridge
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Curiosity Solves the Mystery of Gale Crater’s Hematite Ridge

by A. Deanne Rogers, Mariek E. Schmidt and A. Fraeman 31 July 202024 April 2024

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.

Scientists take spectrometric readings at a rock outcrop in Western Australia
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Mars 2020 Team Using Australian Rocks in Search for Life on Mars

by A. J. Brown, C. E. Viviano and T. A. Goudge 2 July 202022 September 2022

Scientists are investigating evidence of ancient terrestrial microbes preserved in Australia as well as mineral maps derived from Mars orbiter data to shed light on how to search for life on Mars.

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Chicxulub Impact Crater Hosted a Long-Lived Hydrothermal System

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 30 June 20207 March 2022

Chemical and mineralogical evidence of fluid flow—potentially conducive to microscopic life—was revealed in rock cores extracted from the crater’s “peak ring.”

Diagram of Venus’s possible climate history
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How Long Was Venus Habitable?

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 8 May 202010 November 2021

Climate simulations of Venus’s history could provide insights into the habitability of Earth and of exoplanets.

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The Freshest Mineral Water in the Solar System

by A. Dombard 24 March 202022 December 2021

The water-rich plumes erupting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus show the chemical signs of water-rock interactions deep within the moon, further implicating Enceladus as a potential habitat for life.

Researchers hold up petri dish of cultured fungi
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Microbes Discovered Hanging Out in the Ocean’s Crust

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 11 March 202010 November 2021

“The lower ocean crust is one of the last frontiers of the exploration for life on Earth.”

Illustration of the interstellar object ‘Oumuamua shedding dust while hurtling toward the distant Sun
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Interstellar Visitors Could Export Terrestrial Life to Other Stars

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 22 January 20204 January 2023

A handful of interstellar objects and long-period comets could have scooped up microorganisms from Earth and carried them to worlds around other stars.

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Three Times Tectonics Changed the Climate

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 22 November 201931 October 2023

Fifty years after the birth of modern plate tectonics theory, a group of researchers highlights three key examples of how our planet’s shape-shifting outer layer has altered our climate.

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