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UMass Team Identifies Ferric Hydroxysulfate on Mars, Signaling Recent Thermal Activity

AI-enabled CRISM mapping resolved a long-standing spectral anomaly, revealing clues to Amazonian-era heating on the planet’s surface.

Study Pinpoints a Dry Proto‑Earth Within 3 Million Years, Bolstering Theia Water‑Delivery Theory

InSight Data Point to Solid Inner Core and Ancient Impact Debris in Mars’ Mantle

Nature Study Confirms Solid Inner Core on Mars

Seismic Reanalysis Finds Mars’ Mantle Packed With Ancient Impact Debris

Curiosity Captures Coral-Like Mineral Pseudofossil in Gale Crater

Lab Simulations Show Trapped Vapor Cracks Ice to Propel Cryovolcanism on Europa and Enceladus

Advanced Microscopy Reveals Fiery Origins of Apollo’s Orange Lunar Glass Beads

NASA’s MAVEN Mission Directly Observes Martian Atmospheric Sputtering

Venus Found to Exhibit Active Tectonic Processes Around Coronae

James Webb Telescope Confirms Crystalline Water Ice in Young Star System

Seismic Data Unveils Subsurface Aquifer on Mars Matching Ancient Ocean Estimates

Venus’s Crust Found to Recycle Itself Without Plate Tectonics

New Study Links Ancient Martian Valleys to Rain and Snow

Chandrayaan-3 Data Suggests Ice May Be Widespread Beneath Lunar Surface

Asteroid Impact Created Two Grand Canyons on the Moon in Minutes

Meteor Impacts on Mars Linked to Deep-Seated Marsquakes

New Study Reveals Moon's Far Side Shows Signs of Recent Geological Activity

New Research Reveals the Moon Is Older Than Previously Believed

NASA Orbiter Captures Final Glimpse of Retired InSight Lander on Mars