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Impact craters were hiding in plain sight, say researchers with a new view of Venus
Oct. 28, 2024, TUCSON, Ariz. – The Moon and Mars are pocked with giant impact craters acquired very long ago, while there appears to be a dearth of them on Earth and Venus. Time may have healed many ...
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Are Kuiper Belt orbiting objects breaking up?
A study recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy upends conventional wisdom regarding the formation and stability of pairs of orbiting objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond the planet Neptune.
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Carbon dioxide collapse: How water flowed on an icy Mars
Nov. 1, 2024, TUCSON, Ariz. – On a cold, ancient Mars, rivers flowed and a lake the size of the Mediterranean Sea swelled under the protection of thick ice ceilings, according to new research ...
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impact craters
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Megan Russell helps prepare Mars habitat for analog crew
The small white buildings dotting the barren red landscape of the Bentonite Hills might appear to be on Mars, but that’s only because people like Planetary Science Institute Research Associate Megan ...
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The hydrology and climate of past and present Titan
Non PSI Personnel: Jeffrey Andrews-Hanna (University of Arizona), Yuan Lian (Aeolis Research), Claire Newman (Aeolis Research) ...
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Search for Life
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Jupiter Satellites
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Mars climate
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Europa Clipper blasts off!
A crowd gathered at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. “Launch went perfectly, and Europa Clipper is on its way ...
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Work and play: PSI visits Italy
The Planetary Science Institute’s Associate Director and Senior Scientist Than Putzig, Senior Scientist Gareth Morgan, Senior Research Associate Fritz Foss and Research Scientist Matt Perry recently ...
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PSI experts available to discuss Europa Clipper Mission ahead of launch
Oct. 1, 2024, TUCSON, Ariz – As early as Oct. 10, NASA’s Europa Clipper will launch from Kennedy Space Center to begin its long journey to Jupiter, where it will orbit the gas giant while searching ...