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An image of Mars.
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Five Martian Mysteries That Have Scientists Scratching Their Heads

by Matthew R. Francis 2 November 20232 November 2023

Despite centuries of study and many spacecraft visits, the Red Planet still holds secrets. Here are just a few.

Representación artística de un criovolcán en erupción en Tritón, luna de Neptuno
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La canción de hielo y fuego del criovulcanismo

Erik Klemetti, Science Writer by Erik Klemetti 16 October 202316 October 2023

Las lunas oceánicas del sistema solar exterior nos dan pistas sobre volcanes de hielo, fuentes hidrotermales, y la tentadora posibilidad de habitabilidad.

A spacecraft consisting of a bright central box and two cross-shaped solar panels flies above the jagged landscape of a large asteroid.
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Getting Psyched Up for an Asteroid Mission

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 4 October 20235 October 2023

The first mission to a metallic asteroid, scheduled for launch on 5 October, could provide clues to the formation of Earth and the solar system’s other inner planets.

An artist’s depiction of a cryovolcano is erupting on Neptune’s moon Triton.
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Cryovolcanism’s Song of Ice and Fire

Erik Klemetti, Science Writer by Erik Klemetti 25 September 202316 October 2023

Ocean moons of the outer solar system hint at ice volcanoes, hydrothermal vents, and the tantalizing chance of habitability.

Black-and-white oblique view of an ancient delta on Mars’s surface taken by a satellite
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Optimizing Carbonate Classification on Mars

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 7 September 20237 September 2023

Combining data from several of the Perseverance rover’s spectroscopic sensors offers a more accurate means to classify carbonate minerals that may hold hints of ancient life.

A close-up image of the Moon showing a single large crater surrounded by a field of smaller craters
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Decrypting Lunar Craters Quickly and Easily

by Saima May Sidik 14 July 202314 July 2023

Machine learning can reveal the stories written in the marks on the Moon.

Artist’s impression of LP 791-18 d, an exoplanet heated by tides
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Nearby Volcano Planet Likely Fueled by Tidal Heating

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 22 June 202322 June 2023

A gravitational dance between a newly discovered exoplanet and its host star may be driving extreme volcanism on its surface.

Roughly 20 people stand amid sand dunes under a clear blue sky and near a metal framework equipped with scientific instruments.
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The Nitty-Gritty Forces That Shape Planetary Surfaces

by Brian Jackson, Serina Diniega, Timothy Titus, Alejandro Soto and Edgard Rivera-Valentin 15 June 202315 June 2023

Scientists are coming up with ingenious ways to compare terrestrial sand dunes, dust storms, and rain with their counterparts on Mars and Titan.

A view of a low cliff on Mars, showing different layers of rocks
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A New Origin Story for Mars’s Burns Formation

by Morgan Rehnberg 3 May 20233 May 2023

The Red Planet’s Grasberg and Burns formations have different compositions today, but they may have started out the same way.

A satellite image of the surface of Mars showing snaking channels and other water-sculpted features
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Asteroid Impacts Could Have Warmed Ancient Mars

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 17 April 202317 April 2023

Hydrogen released during large impacts might have boosted Mars’s surface temperature above freezing for thousands or even millions of years, enabling liquid water to flow over the Red Planet.

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