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Europa Clipper Launches!

The Jupiter-bound mission seeks to discover if the icy moon contains the ingredients necessary to support life.

Oct 16

Europa Clipper Launches!

Oct 16

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Beth Johnson

Closer Look: It’s Volcano Time

While waiting for Iceland to (possibly) erupt, we take a closer look at Icelandic and global volcanism.

Dec 9, 2023

Several spread out groups of people in winter clothes stand and sit, watching the eruption of a cinder cone volcano in Iceland in 2021.

Dec 9, 2023

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“The Big One”: The Most Powerful Marsquake Ever Detected

A new paper explains how the largest recorded seismic event on Mars provided evidence for the release of stress within the Martian crust.

Oct 26, 2023

“The Big One”: The Most Powerful Marsquake Ever Detected

Oct 26, 2023

Beth Johnson

A Planetary System With Six Sub-Neptunes Locked in Perfect Resonance

Scientists used data from NASA’s TESS and ESA’s Cheops to find and confirm the system, which orbits K0-type star HD110067.

Dec 10, 2023

A Planetary System With Six Sub-Neptunes Locked in Perfect Resonance

Dec 10, 2023

Beth Johnson

Io Outburst Shines in Plasma Torus

Between September and December 2022, a small telescope in the Arizona desert observed a brightening of the plasma torus caused by Io’s…

Jan 6, 2023

Io Outburst Shines in Plasma Torus

Jan 6, 2023

Beth Johnson

Radio Transmissions Seek to Measure Asteroid

An experiment conducted in Alaska used long-wavelength radio transmissions to hopefully map the mass distribution of a potentially…

Jan 4, 2023

Radio Transmissions Seek to Measure Asteroid

Jan 4, 2023

Beth Johnson

Marshmallow Gas Giant Found at Red Dwarf Star

An exoplanet found orbiting a red dwarf star turns out to have the density of a marshmallow, surprising researchers who didn’t expect a…

Nov 1, 2022

Marshmallow Gas Giant Found at Red Dwarf Star

Nov 1, 2022

Beth Johnson

Dealing with Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

A trio of asteroid stories: OSIRIS-REx’s sample of Bennu on schedule to return; researchers develop method to map asteroid density…

Oct 27, 2022

Dealing with Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

Oct 27, 2022

Beth Johnson

Europa’s Eruptions Likely from Shallow Surface Lakes

Computer models find that eruptions seen on Europa are likely coming from shallow lakes embedded in the ice rather than the subsurface…

Oct 25, 2022

Europa’s Eruptions Likely from Shallow Surface Lakes

Oct 25, 2022

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Innovations in the Search for Life Beyond Earth

NASA JPL is developing a new suite of instruments to ingest and analyze liquid samples, and a team of scientists thinks that they can use…

Oct 14, 2022

Innovations in the Search for Life Beyond Earth

Oct 14, 2022

Beth Johnson

Beth Johnson

Planetary scientist, podcast host. Communication specialist for SETI Institute and Planetary Science Institute. Support my cats: https://ko-fi.com/planetarypan

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