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Artist’s depiction of the MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars
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A Longer-Lived Magnetic Field for Mars

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 1 June 202013 March 2023

New research indicates Mars’s dynamo may have been active for millions of years longer than previously thought.

Schematic of how oscillations inside Saturn generate spiral density waves in the rings
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Using Saturn’s Rings as a Seismometer

by F. Nimmo 12 May 202024 May 2023

The Cassini spacecraft observed spiral density waves in the rings of Saturn which can be used to probe its interior structure and rotation.

Illustration of an impact on Pluto
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Ancient Impact’s Seismic Waves Reveal Pluto’s Ocean, Core

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 6 April 202017 February 2023

By modeling the waves produced by a massive, ancient impact, scientists have begun to unlock the secrets of Pluto’s interior.

Figure showing whether assemblages containing quartz, talc, and carbonate can be produced from an oxidized hydrous rocky core under plausible conditions for Enceladus.
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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.

Composite satellite images of Jupiter’s Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
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Jupiter’s Galilean Moons May Have Formed Slowly

Mara Johnson-Groh, Science Writer by Mara Johnson-Groh 30 September 201922 July 2024

A new model is the first to simultaneously explain many of the moons’ characteristics, including their mass, orbits, and icy composition

An artist’s illustration shows a planet crashing head on into Jupiter, with the young solar system swirling the background.
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Massive Collision Cracked Young Jupiter’s Core

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 13 September 20192 February 2022

The gas giant’s interior reveals evidence of an ancient impact.

Artist’s rendering of disintegrating planet Kepler-1520b.
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Webb Telescope May Detect Minerals from Shredded Worlds

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 September 20189 November 2021

The upcoming James Webb Space Telescope should be able to measure the composition of vaporizing exoplanets, giving clues about the makeup of their cores, mantles, and crusts.

Image of part of the Cerberus Fossae fault, taken by the HiRISE instrument aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Searching for Signs of Marsquakes

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 28 August 201828 July 2022

Researchers use high-resolution images of Mars’s surface to look for signals of coseismic displacement.

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How Did Venus Get its Youthful Surface?

by Steven A. Hauck, II 17 May 201816 November 2021

Catastrophic lithospheric recycling is unlikely to be the cause of Venus’s young surface from mantle convection models constrained by offset between the center of mass and center of shape of planet.

Nine polar storms surrounding Jupiter’s north pole
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New Juno Data Reveal Four Key Secrets of Jupiter

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 28 March 201817 February 2023

Deep clouds, polar storms, lopsided gravity, and a uniformly rotating interior demonstrate that the gas giant plays by different rules than Earth.

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