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Cassini Data Show Saturn’s Magnetic Cusp Is Skewed Toward Dusk

Rapid spin with a heavy, Enceladus‑fed plasma disk appears to pull Saturn’s magnetic funnel toward the afternoon sector.

Reanalysis of Galileo Data Finds Ammonia on Europa Near Surface Fractures

Juno Sounding Finds Europa’s Outer Ice Layer Averages 18 Miles Thick in Surveyed Region

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

Study Maps Rapid, Predictable Microbial Colonization of New Icelandic Lava

Cassini Reanalysis Finds Complex Organics in Fresh Enceladus Plume Grains

Fresh Enceladus Plume Grains Reveal Ocean-Derived Complex Organics

Perseverance Maps Repeated Habitable Water Episodes in Jezero, Study Finds

Lab Radiation Tests Complicate Ocean Origin for Enceladus Organics

Europa Clipper Completes Successful Mars Radar Test En Route to Jupiter’s Moon

Mars' Dark Streaks Confirmed as Dust Avalanches, Not Water Flows