Europa Clipper will assess whether Jupiter’s moon has the right ingredients to host life, and could illuminate the mysteries of icy worlds throughout the solar system.
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Fifteen Years Later, Scientists Locate a Lunar Impact Site
The impact crater from NASA’s LCROSS mission lies hidden in an eternally dark region of the Moon.
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Data to Decisions: Changing Priorities for Earth Observations
NASA is updating how it designs and implements Earth science missions to ensure their data and science reach users and decisionmakers faster and more effectively.
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Democratizing Science in the Cloud
CryoCloud opens scientific research and education to a broader range of cryosphere researchers with a cloud-based interactive computing environment, training, and community support.
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A Binary Asteroid System Gets Its Geological Close-Up
Researchers are learning more about the geology and evolution of the binary asteroid system Didymos from high-resolution imagery collected by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission.
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Impact of NASA’s GDC Measurements on Predicting Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
A new study finds that assimilating observations of the ionosphere and thermosphere reduces the error in model predictions more than modeling either one individually.
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Unveiling the Origins of Dome Craters on Ganymede and Callisto
Large craters with broad central domes are a unique crater morphology on Jupiter’s largest icy moons: Ganymede and Callisto. A new study examines how remnant impact heat may lead to their formation.
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A Mission to Uranus Requires a Community-Building Effort on Earth
Planning the first mission to Uranus since the 1980s offers an opportunity to build a diverse, interdisciplinary team that spans generations.
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The Art of Doing Fieldwork on the Moon
How early-career planetary scientists are preparing to support the astronauts who will return to the lunar surface and beyond.
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Strike-Slip Faults Could Drive Enceladus’s Jets
The back-and-forth motion could also reshape surface geology at the moon’s south pole.