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A small flock of sheep graze by the water’s edge in the Faroe Islands.
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Ancient Eruptions Reveal Earliest Settlers on the Faroe Islands

by Freda Kreier 16 December 202120 December 2021

Lake sediment is helping scientists resolve a decades-long historical mystery.

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Misión a Venus podría ayudar a resolver un misterio atmosférico

by Jaime Cordova 16 December 202116 December 2021

La recientemente anunciada misión DAVINCI+ a Venus de la NASA investigará la atmósfera del planeta, esperando proporcionar información sobre los desconocidos parches oscuros que rodean dicho planeta.

An image of lava reaching the surface at night during the eruption on La Palma, Canary Islands
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Identifying an Eruption “Tipping Point” in Hot Spot Volcanoes

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 15 November 20211 August 2022

By analyzing lava samples, researchers show how chemical processes that occur during magma’s ascent to the surface may contribute to a volcano’s eruptible state.

Room full of computer servers, as far as the eye can see
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Accurate Simulation of Sun’s Rotation Might Illuminate Solar Cycle

Tim Hornyak, Science Writer by Tim Hornyak 8 November 202127 March 2023

Scientists have known for 400 years about a particularity in the way the Sun rotates. It took the world’s most powerful supercomputer to accurately simulate it.

A rock balances on a thin leg of ice.
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An Explanation, at Last, for Mysterious “Zen Stones”

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 2 November 202120 September 2023

Laboratory experiments re-create the thin, icy pedestals that support some rocks in nature, revealing that sublimation plays a key role in the formation of these rare and beautiful structures.

Image of a canyon in the Cerberus Fossae region on Mars. One side of the canyon is in shadow, whereas the other is brightly illuminated.
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Summer Could Be Earthquake Season on Mars

by Elise Cutts 1 November 202129 June 2022

InSight data hint that shifting carbon dioxide ice loads, illumination changes, or solar tides could drive an uptick in marsquakes during northern summer—a “marsquake season.”

The location of Jupiter’s northern aurorae, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
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Could Low-Altitude Reconnection Power Jupiter’s Polar Aurorae?

by Morgan Rehnberg 21 September 202118 July 2023

Magnetic reconnection events less than 2 Jovian radii above the planet’s cloud tops could explain why Juno has yet to observe a source for Jupiter’s polar aurore.

Four-image figure showing different sequences of the DAVINCI+ mission to Venus
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Mission to Venus Could Help Solve an Atmospheric Mystery

by Jaime Cordova 17 September 202118 January 2022

NASA’s recently announced DAVINCI+ mission to Venus will probe the planet’s atmosphere, hoping to shed light on the unknown dark patches that surround the planet.

A diagram of the largest known milky sea incident
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Satellites Allow Scientists to Dive into Milky Seas

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 3 September 202125 October 2021

Satellites may finally be able to report the fleeting phenomena of milky seas in near-real time, allowing researchers to potentially study an ocean mystery that has survived more than 2 centuries.

Researchers collect sediments from a rocky stream with a helicopter and steep rock hills in the background
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Earth’s Continents Share an Ancient Crustal Ancestor

by J. Hollis, C. Kirkland, M. Hartnady, M. Barham and A. Steenfelt 23 August 202122 February 2022

How did today’s continents come to be? Geological sleuths found clues in grains of sand.

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