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Perseverance Radar Reveals Buried Ancient River Delta Beneath Jezero Crater

Peer-reviewed analysis of the rover’s deepest radar scans points to earlier long-lived surface water, expanding prospects for preserved biosignatures.

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Astronomers Tie Distant Star’s Chaotic Fading to Evidence of a Planetary Collision

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Chinese Study Names Four Rimae Bode Sites for First Crewed Moon Landing

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Oxford Study Finds Moon’s Magnetic Field Was Mostly Weak Through Its History

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Curiosity Wraps Six-Month Survey of Mars "Spiderweb" Ridges, Confirms Fractures and Tests for Organics

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New Study Maps 1,100+ Young Lunar Faults, Underscoring a Still-Contracting Moon

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New Global Map Reveals Young Lunar Fault Ridges, Expanding Moonquake Risk Zones

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New Analyses Challenge Purely Nonbiological Origins for Mars Organics

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NASA-Led Study Finds Nonbiological Sources Fall Short for Curiosity’s Mars Organics

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First Subsurface Lava Tube Detected on Venus in Reprocessed Magellan Radar

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New Study Rewinds Curiosity’s Mars Organics to Levels Hard to Explain Geologically

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Reanalysis of Galileo Data Finds Ammonia on Europa Near Surface Fractures

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Far-Side Moon Samples Link South Pole–Aitken Impact to Lunar Asymmetry

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

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3mo ago

Perseverance Cleared for Years More on Mars, On Track to Top Rover Distance Record

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New Study Recasts Titan’s Interior, Challenging Idea of a Global Ocean

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Titan May Lack a Global Ocean, Cassini Reanalysis Points to a Slushy Interior With Isolated Water Pockets

Planetary Geology

Perseverance Radar Reveals Buried Ancient River Delta Beneath Jezero Crater

Cracks in Bennu’s Boulders Solve OSIRIS‑REx Thermal Mystery

JWST Helps Reveal Sulfur-Rich Magma-Ocean World L 98-59 d

Astronomers Publish Evidence of Planetary Collision Around Sun-Like Star

Astronomers Tie Distant Star’s Chaotic Fading to Evidence of a Planetary Collision

Chinese Study Names Four Rimae Bode Sites for First Crewed Moon Landing

Oxford Study Finds Moon’s Magnetic Field Was Mostly Weak Through Its History

Curiosity Wraps Six-Month Survey of Mars "Spiderweb" Ridges, Confirms Fractures and Tests for Organics

New Study Maps 1,100+ Young Lunar Faults, Underscoring a Still-Contracting Moon

New Global Map Reveals Young Lunar Fault Ridges, Expanding Moonquake Risk Zones

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New Analyses Challenge Purely Nonbiological Origins for Mars Organics

NASA-Led Study Finds Nonbiological Sources Fall Short for Curiosity’s Mars Organics

First Subsurface Lava Tube Detected on Venus in Reprocessed Magellan Radar

New Study Rewinds Curiosity’s Mars Organics to Levels Hard to Explain Geologically

Reanalysis of Galileo Data Finds Ammonia on Europa Near Surface Fractures

Far-Side Moon Samples Link South Pole–Aitken Impact to Lunar Asymmetry

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

Perseverance Cleared for Years More on Mars, On Track to Top Rover Distance Record

New Study Recasts Titan’s Interior, Challenging Idea of a Global Ocean

Titan May Lack a Global Ocean, Cassini Reanalysis Points to a Slushy Interior With Isolated Water Pockets

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Planetary Geology