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Planta Arabidopsis de dos semanas cultivada en un regolito lunar. La planta es pequeña y ella y el regolito se encuentran al centro de la imagen dentro de un recipiente de cristal transparente.
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El suelo lunar permite cultivar plantas

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 1 June 202227 March 2023

Plantas cultivadas en regolito lunar recolectado por las misiones Apollo crecieron con éxito desde la semilla hasta el retoño, brindando así información sobre las futuras perspectivas de la agricultura lunar.

An Arabidopsis plant grown in lunar soil for about 2 weeks
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Lunar Soil Can Grow Plants

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 13 May 202227 March 2023

Plants grown in lunar regolith collected by Apollo missions successfully grew from seed to sprout, lending insight into future lunar agriculture prospects.

On the left: a view of Pluto, as imaged by the New Horizons spacecraft. On the right: a close-up of an undulating region believed to have been formed by volcanoes that erupted icy material.
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Pluto’s Surface Was Recently Sculpted by Icy Volcanism

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 2 May 202217 February 2023

Geologically young regions of Pluto’s southern hemisphere were likely resurfaced by cryovolcanism, data from the New Horizons spacecraft reveal.

Carpentaria湾上方的GRACE-FO卫星
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卫星激光揭示地球水运动的变化

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 27 April 202227 April 2022

GRACE-FO卫星上基于激光的仪器可以扩展到其他地球物理应用,用来收集地球系统中月内时间尺度上的质量变化的数据。

In the foreground, the GEDI instrument appears as a large white box. In the background, an astronaut climbs along the space station’s external scaffolding.
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Scientists Fight to Keep Lidar on the Space Station

by Saima May Sidik 6 April 20226 July 2022

Remote sensing experts may lose a key tool in the fight against climate change.

Artist’s concept of the twin satellites in the GRACE program
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Fresh Approaches to Processing GRACE Data

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 24 March 202221 December 2022

Two studies showcase new methods for analyzing GRACE data that better match the land surface, producing clearer estimates of mass variations.

The Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia
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Satellites’ Lasers Reveal Changes in Earth’s Water Movement

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 22 March 202227 April 2022

The laser-based instruments aboard the GRACE-FO satellites may be extended to other geophysical applications to collect data on other submonthly mass changes in Earth’s system.

Simulation of ions escaping the Martian atmosphere
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测量火星大气中的碳离子损失

by Morgan Rehnberg 10 March 202210 March 2022

NASA的MAVEN探测器观测到的碳通量与模型相符,比氧离子低1到2个数量级。

An artist’s rendering of TOI-2180 b
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At-Home Astronomers Help Discover a New, Unique Exoplanet

by J. Besl 2 March 20222 March 2022

Amateur astronomers sifting through NASA’s public data uncovered a long-orbit gas giant that could help scientists understand how these planets form.

Simulation of ions escaping the Martian atmosphere
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Measuring Carbon Ion Loss from the Martian Atmosphere

by Morgan Rehnberg 8 February 202210 March 2022

The flux, observed with NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft, is in line with models and 1–2 orders of magnitude lower than that of oxygen ions.

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