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The Curiosity rover perched on top of a hill on the surface of Mars
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Proposed Experiment Could Clarify Origin of Martian Methane

by Saima May Sidik 12 May 202512 May 2025

Curiosity’s detection of the gas, if atmospheric, could be an indicator of life on the Red Planet. But skeptics say further work is needed to rule out the rover itself as the source of the methane.

A rust-colored fossilized feather within a dark gray rock
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A 30,000-Year-Old Feather Is a First-of-Its-Kind Fossil

by Grace van Deelen 9 April 20259 April 2025

A new analysis of a fossil found in 1889 has unveiled the presence of zeolites—and an entirely new mineralization method.

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Asteroid Samples Suggest a Solar System of Ancient, Salty Incubators

by Molly Herring 2 April 20252 April 2025

The discovery of salty mineral evaporites on Ryugu indicates that watery environments may have been widespread in the early solar system.

The gray surface of Enceladus with plumes of gas escaping from the surface into space
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Using Algorithms to Help Find Life on Icy Ocean Worlds

by Saima May Sidik 21 March 202521 March 2025

Scientists could use machine learning to analyze atmospheric samples in order to help identify microbes on frozen moons. They’re testing the concept using bottles of brine and smelly bacteria.

An illustration of a red and orange gaseous planet in front of a yellow star
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First 3D Map of Exoplanet Weather Reveals Superfast Jet

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 March 202517 March 2025

New observations also answer a long-standing question about where this ultrahot planet keeps its titanium.

Photo of a cloud.
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Tropical Congestus Clouds Explained by Water Vapor Spectroscopy

by Bjorn Stevens 25 February 202524 February 2025

A new study demonstrates how the abundance of congestus clouds in the tropics can be explained by the water molecule’s discerning appetite for infrared radiation.

Artist’s illustration of a star with a small dark dot and a cone of translucent dust in front of it
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Scientists Finally Get a Good Look at a Disintegrating Exoplanet

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 28 January 202528 January 2025

The James Webb Space Telescope offers astronomers a rare glimpse into the chemical composition of a rocky planet’s interior—and the results are “very surprising.”

A thin stream of water on a dirt surface curves off to the left out of frame. Two large mountains—one a snowy peak, one not—are in the distance.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Each Glacier Has a Unique Organic Matter Composition

by Saima May Sidik 15 October 202415 October 2024

Like snowflakes, no two glaciers are alike: Carbon-containing compounds released from glaciers vary from place to place, meaning climate and ecosystem effects of melting could vary as well.

A narrow laser beam illuminates a point on a rocky seafloor outcrop surrounded by sand.
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Sensing Remote Realms of the Deep Ocean on Earth—and Beyond

by Anastasia G. Yanchilina, Laura E. Rodriguez, Roy Price, Laura M. Barge and Pablo Sobron 29 August 202417 October 2024

A novel laser-equipped probe is collecting measurements of deep-sea geochemical environments that once seemed impossible to gather, pointing the way toward future explorations of other ocean worlds.

A blue planet appears next to a yellow star against a black background.
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Smells Like an Exoplanet

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 1 August 20245 August 2024

Hydrogen sulfide, spotted in the atmosphere of the exoplanet HD 189733 b, helps constrain how the planet formed.

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