The most volcanically active body in the solar system may have an impact crater, a discovery spotted by a curious nonprofessional scientist.
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Lightning Struck Down as Source of a Venus Whistler
Whistlers were a key piece of evidence in favor of Venusian lightning. New measurements question the connection.
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JGR: Machine Learning and Computation is Open for Submissions
The founding Editor-in-Chief discusses how AGU’s newest journal will capture critical advancements of the techniques moving scientific discovery forward.
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La Luna es incluso más antigua de lo que los científicos pensaban
¿Cómo se formó la Luna y cuántos años tiene? La datación más precisa hasta el momento del satélite más grande de la Tierra determinó que es mucho más antigua de lo que se pensaba previamente.
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These Four Exoplanets Have Wild, Rocky Weather
On many exoplanets, conditions are so exotic that minerals form clouds and fall as rain. Recent studies revealed the rocky weather on these four exoplanets in more detail than ever before.
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Mapping Mars: Deep Learning Could Help Identify Jezero Crater Landing Site
Researchers used new techniques to more precisely estimate ground elevations on Mars, producing a refined resolution map for rover landings.
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Here’s How Artemis Astronauts Will Navigate on the Moon
The next wave of lunar explorers is headed to terrain that promises to be both stunning and challenging. Here’s how they’ll cope with some of the difficulties they’ll encounter.
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Mars’s Interior May Have an Extra Layer of Molten Rock
New findings suggest that unlike in Earth, the bottom of Mars’s mantle is a sea of molten silicate rock.
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Spacecraft Are Sprinkling the Stratosphere with Metal
Metals from spacecraft reentry don’t simply vaporize and vanish. Scientists found them in the stratosphere.
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Arrokoth’s Mounds Hint at How Planetesimals Form
The most remote world ever seen up close is a mash-up of smaller pieces.