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New Study Suggests Ancient Ceres Had Chemical Energy to Support Habitability

Models tied to NASA’s Dawn data identify core-driven fluid flux as the missing energy source, not evidence of life.

Bennu Samples Reveal Mixed Origins, Water-Altered Minerals and Rapid Space Weathering

NASA Models Point to Long-Lived Hydrothermal Energy on Ancient Ceres

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JWST Spectra Tie Bennu and Ryugu to Polana Asteroid Family, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

Mars Rover’s ‘Helmet’ Rock, Horneflya, Is Almost Entirely Made of Spherules

UGA Researchers Propose 'McDonough Meteorite' Name for 4.56-Billion-Year-Old Space Rock

Curiosity Captures Coral-Like Mineral Pseudofossil in Gale Crater

Curiosity Rover Reveals Coral-Like Rock Paposo as Ancient Mineral Vein

Perseverance Returns Sharpest 360° Panorama From Mars’s Falbreen Site

Mars Express Uncovers Fault Lines and Ice Flows at Western Acheron Fossae

Curiosity Rover Leverages Enhanced Autonomy to Probe Mars Boxwork Ridges

New Autonomy Upgrades Boost Curiosity Rover’s Mars Exploration

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

Framework for Lava Planet Evolution Secures 100 Hours of JWST Time

Apollo 16 Samples Show Solar Wind Erodes Moon Surface Ten Times Less Than Expected

54-Pound Martian Meteorite Sells for Record $5.3 Million at Sotheby’s Auction

Mars Meteorite Sells for $5.3 Million as Scientists Eye Classification Update

NASA Launches Three-Year Deep-Sea Microbe Study to Inform Europa Life Search

Scientists Map 15,000 Kilometers of Ancient Martian River Channels

Sotheby’s to Auction World’s Largest Martian Meteorite on July 16