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First Subsurface Lava Tube Detected on Venus in Reprocessed Magellan Radar

Reprocessed Magellan radar enabled the first direct view beneath Venus’s surface.

Machine Learning Maps 400 Bright Slope Streaks on Mercury, Hinting at Ongoing Volatile Loss

New Model Shows Salty Europa Ice Could Sink, Ferrying Nutrients to Its Hidden Ocean

Study Finds Europa’s Seafloor Likely Inactive, Undercutting Hopes for Present-Day Life

Peer-Reviewed Study Links Europa’s ‘Spider’ to Brine Eruptions Like Earth’s Lake Stars

Study Finds Subsurface Oceans Could Boil Inside Small Icy Moons

Study Finds Enceladus’ Heat Loss Matches Tidal Input, Indicating a Long-Lived Ocean

Conference Model Points to Rare, Distant Technological Civilizations in the Milky Way

Study Detects Solid Inner Core on Mars, Redrawing the Planet’s Interior