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a kitchen view onto the Martian landscape

Scientists Unlock Mars Mysteries with Kitchen Ingredients

Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb

A comparison of JunoCam data from April 2024 with imagery from the Galileo mission of the same area in November 1997 (greyscale insert) reveals a new volcanic feature on the surface of Jupiter’s moon, Io.

New Volcano Discovered on Jupiter’s Moon Io in First Close-Up Images in 25 Years

Kobe University researcher Naoyuki Hirata was the first to discover that an asteroid impact on Jupiter's moon Ganymede occurred almost exactly on the meridian farthest from Jupiter. This finding suggested that Ganymede had experienced a reorientation of its rotational axis, enabling Hirata to calculate the type of impact that could have caused this shift.

Ancient Asteroid Impact Shifted Jupiter’s Largest Moon

$Magma ocean planets that contain water – like the earthlike exoplanet GJ 1214 b in this artist’s concept – will only host a tiny fraction of this water on their surface. The majority of it is stored deep in their interiors.$

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Scientists Unlock Mars Mysteries with Kitchen Ingredients

Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb

New Volcano Discovered on Jupiter’s Moon Io in First Close-Up Images in 25 Years

Ancient Asteroid Impact Shifted Jupiter’s Largest Moon

Planets Harbor More Water Than Previously Thought, Study Reveals

New class of Mars quakes reveals daily meteorite strikes

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Formed Less Than 200 Years Ago, Study Suggests

Earth’s Inner Core Slows Its Spin, Surprising Scientists

Watery planets orbiting dead stars may be good candidates for studying life — if they can survive long enough

In a significant first, researchers detect water frost on solar system’s tallest volcanoes

New technique offers more precise maps of the Moon’s surface

Decoding Mars’ Organic Mysteries

NASA’s TESS Discovers Fiery, Lava-Covered Exoplanet in Distant Star System