Steve Ertel, Dusty Belts Provide Clearer Insights into Exoplanet Formation

Steve Ertel, Dusty Belts Provide Clearer Insights into Exoplanet Formation
Radio signals sent between two Mars orbiters—rather than between an orbiter and an Earth-based receiver—capture new insights into atmospheric dynamics.
New observations and simulations capture the physics at play across each of the three main ionospheric regions.
Decoding how sand grains move and accumulate on Earth can also help scientists understand dune formation on Mars.
Hydrologists, atmospheric scientists, and space scientists are teaming up to keep a closer eye on soil moisture, hazardous space weather, and more.
In a move that worried politicians and space scientists alike, President Trump announced on 31 May that he will withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman for the position of NASA administration.
Astronomers are using data from the recently decommissioned star-mapping satellite to help determine masses and more accurate orbits of celestial bodies closer to home.
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.
Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.
A comprehensive inventory of rivers on Alba Mons on Mars reveals a prolonged history of erosion and development into mature drainage networks during the Amazonian, with contributions of rainfall and snow melt.
The trans-Neptunian object Altjira, 44 times farther from the Sun than Earth is, could be the second known trinary, confirming a theory about the formation of our solar system.
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