PinnedBeth JohnsonEuropa Clipper Launches!The Jupiter-bound mission seeks to discover if the icy moon contains the ingredients necessary to support life.Oct 16Oct 16
PinnedBeth JohnsonCloser Look: It’s Volcano TimeWhile waiting for Iceland to (possibly) erupt, we take a closer look at Icelandic and global volcanism.Dec 9, 20238Dec 9, 20238
PinnedBeth Johnson“The Big One”: The Most Powerful Marsquake Ever DetectedA new paper explains how the largest recorded seismic event on Mars provided evidence for the release of stress within the Martian crust.Oct 26, 20233Oct 26, 20233
Beth JohnsonA Planetary System With Six Sub-Neptunes Locked in Perfect ResonanceScientists used data from NASA’s TESS and ESA’s Cheops to find and confirm the system, which orbits K0-type star HD110067.Dec 10, 2023Dec 10, 2023
Beth JohnsonIo Outburst Shines in Plasma TorusBetween September and December 2022, a small telescope in the Arizona desert observed a brightening of the plasma torus caused by Io’s…Jan 6, 20231Jan 6, 20231
Beth JohnsonRadio Transmissions Seek to Measure AsteroidAn experiment conducted in Alaska used long-wavelength radio transmissions to hopefully map the mass distribution of a potentially…Jan 4, 2023Jan 4, 2023
Beth JohnsonMarshmallow Gas Giant Found at Red Dwarf StarAn 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, 2022Nov 1, 2022
Beth JohnsonDealing with Potentially Hazardous AsteroidsA trio of asteroid stories: OSIRIS-REx’s sample of Bennu on schedule to return; researchers develop method to map asteroid density…Oct 27, 2022Oct 27, 2022
Beth JohnsonEuropa’s Eruptions Likely from Shallow Surface LakesComputer models find that eruptions seen on Europa are likely coming from shallow lakes embedded in the ice rather than the subsurface…Oct 25, 2022Oct 25, 2022
Beth JohnsonInnovations in the Search for Life Beyond EarthNASA 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, 2022Oct 14, 2022