Bennu’s Rugged Rocks Explained by Deep Internal Cracks Asteroids don’t get the love they deserve. They don’t get “cool points” because they’re not a planet or a potential life-harboring moon. They’re “just a bunch of rocks”. But asteroids are so much more, as they are time capsules of the early solar system that have survived billions of years untouched by weathering or plate tectonics. One of the most intriguing asteroids that has been explored is asteroid Bennu, and specifically how its physical characteristics greater differed from Earth-based observations in 2007 after NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft visited Bennu in 2018.

Bennu’s Rugged Rocks Explained by Deep Internal Cracks #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #Bennu #Asteroids #SpaceScience

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Les deux visages de la planète Saturne | Ciel & Espace Les télescopes spatiaux James Webb et Hubble offrent chacun une vision unique de Saturne : l’une dans l’infrarouge, l’autre dans le domaine visible.

Saturne se dévoile sous deux lumières fascinantes : un spectacle cosmique que JWST capte comme jamais ! Rhooo... C'est beau ! www.cieletespace.fr/article/satu... #Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #JWSTData #PlanetaryScience #CosmicRevelation

Les deux visages de la planète Saturne | Ciel & Espace Les télescopes spatiaux James Webb et Hubble offrent chacun une vision unique de Saturne : l’une dans l’infrarouge, l’autre dans le domaine visible.

Saturne se dévoile sous deux lumières fascinantes : un spectacle cosmique que JWST capte comme jamais ! Rhooo... C'est beau ! www.cieletespace.fr/article/saturne-sous-deu... #Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #JWSTData #PlanetaryScience #CosmicRevelation

Saturn's Northern Lights Are Running a Heat Pump That Fooled Scientists for Decades Key Takeaways The James Webb Space Telescope observed Saturn's northern lights and trihydrogen cation, revealing a feedback loop in its atmosphere.

Saturn’s Northern Lights Are Running a Heat Pump That Fooled Scientists for Decades #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #Saturn #NorthernLights #SpaceScience

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Mars-Like Worlds Near M-Dwarfs May Lose Air in Millions of Years The criteria for finding an Earth-like planet unofficially comes down to two things: water and the habitable zone. But a phenomenon known as atmospheric escape often “escapes” the minds of many astronomy fans, and it turns out that atmospheric escape is one of the key characteristics for finding an Earth-like world. Although extensive research has been conducted on how the planet Mars might have lost its atmosphere, and potentially the ability to sustain life, how would the atmosphere enveloping a Mars-like exoplanet respond to stars different from our own?

Mars-Like Worlds Near M-Dwarfs May Lose Air in Millions of Years #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #Mars #Exoplanets #AtmosphericLoss

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MC-12 Arabia is live in the Atlas of #MartianGeography! Classic albedo names revived over MOLA topography. Part of the open-access companion to Encyclopedia of Martian Geography Vol. 1.
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Hunting Moon Water With Neutrons Water is the difference between a temporary visit and a permanent home. If humanity is serious about building a lasting presence on the Moon, finding usable ice near the lunar south pole isn't just a scientific curiosity, it's a practical necessity. Now NASA is sending a clever instrument that hunts for water without digging a single hole, using the behaviour of subatomic particles to sniff out hidden ice deposits up to three feet underground.

Hunting Moon Water With Neutrons #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #MoonWater #NeutronScattering #PlanetaryExploration

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Jupiter's Lightning Could Be Almost Unbelievably Powerful Juno observations show that Jupiter's lightning, already known to be powerful, is far more energetic than thought. Lightning triggered by a stealth superstorm in 2021-22 could be up to one million times more powerful than terrestrial lightning.

Jupiter's Lightning Could Be Almost Unbelievably Powerful #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #Jupiter #Lightning #SpaceScience

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Satellite Spots a Spawn - NASA Science The activity of herring around Vancouver Island in British Columbia brightened coastal waters enough to be detectable from space.

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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4838-4844: Wrapping Up the Boxwork Terrain - NASA Science Written by Deborah Padgett, MSL Operations Product Ground System Task Lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4838-4844: Wrapping Up the Boxwork Terrain #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #MarsExploration #BoxworkTerrain #CuriosityRover

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How Did Venus Become a Hellscape? 234,000 Simulations Reveal Four Possible Paths Venus is increasingly becoming a touch point for our studies of the exoplanets, as missions like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)and the upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) begin to characterize rocky exoplanets around other stars. Understanding the difference between the evolutions of Venus and Earth, which ended up with such different results, is a key to understanding whether we might be looking at an Earth-analogue or a hellish landscape like Venus. A new paper by Rodolfo Garcia of the University of Washington and his colleagues, which is available in pre-print form on arXiv, simulates Venus’ 4.5 billion year evolution as part of the solar system to try to understand some of those differences.

How Did Venus Become a Hellscape? 234,000 Simulations Reveal Four Possible Paths #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #Venus #Astrobiology

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Direct Confirmation Of Two Baby Planets Forming Around A Young Sun-like Star Astronomers have observed two planets forming in the disc around a young star named WISPIT 2. Having previously detected one planet, the team have now employed European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes to confirm the presence of another. These observations, and the unique structure of the disc around the star, indicate that the WISPIT 2 system could resemble our young Solar System.

Direct Confirmation Of Two Baby Planets Forming Around A Young Sun-like Star #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #BabyPlanets #Astronomy #SpaceExploration

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Atlas of #MartianGeography: MC-11 (Oxia Palus Quadrangle) now available! Revived Schiaparelli/Lowell albedo names overlaid on MOLA topography, reanchored in modern areography. Companion to Encyclopedia of Martian Geography Vol. 1. zenodo.org/records/1882...
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La NASA mène de nouvelles missions d’exploration spatiale axées sur la science et les découvertes futures Agência Espacial Americana (NASA) maintient un rythme accéléré dans ses projets scientifiques et de découverte, décrivant des stratégies ambitieuses visant à repousser les limites de la connaissance h...

La NASA prépare de nouvelles missions qui pourraient réécrire notre compréhension de l’espace et révéler des surprises cosmiques ! www.mixvale.com.br/2026/03/24/l... #Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #PlanetaryScience #FutureMissions #NASA2026

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How magnetic is the moon? A new study cracks the long-standing mystery Researchers believe rock samples taken from the Apollo missions gave scientists a misleading impression

How magnetic is the moon? A new study cracks the long-standing mystery #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #MoonMystery #PlanetaryResearch #SpaceScience

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Two Planets Forming Around a Young Star Could Resemble an Early Solar System #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #Exoplanets #SpaceExploration #Astrophysics

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Jupiter's lightning is 100 times stronger than Earth's bolts Big planet. Big storms.

Jupiter’s lightning is 100 times stronger than Earth’s bolts #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #Jupiter #SpaceWeather #Lightning

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Giant Craters May Reveal if Psyche is a Lost Planetary Core When we think of asteroids, we almost immediately think of giant rocks bouncing around like the iconic chase scene in Empire Strikes Back, and we often hear how they are remnants from the birth of the solar system. While the asteroids that comprise the Main Asteroid Belt of our solar system are not only spread far apart from each other, they are also not all made of rock. One asteroid approximately the size of the State of Massachusetts called 16 Psyche is made of metal, which planetary scientists hypothesize could be the remnants of a protoplanet’s core that didn’t build into a full-fledged planet. But how did such a unique asteroid form?

Giant Craters May Reveal if Psyche is a Lost Planetary Core #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #SpaceExploration #Geology

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Parabolic Flight Experiments Delve into Planetary Formation What happens in a protoplanetary disk to create planetesimals around a star? We know the general story -- the material begins to clump together and eventually grows from dust grains to rocky bodies capable of sticking together to make planets. But, how does that dust begin the aggregation journey? That's what a research team from the Switzerland wanted to know. So, they did experiments aboard parabolic micro-gravity flights to find an answer.

Parabolic Flight Experiments Delve into Planetary Formation #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #PlanetaryFormation #ParabolicFlight #SpaceResearch

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A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter https://arstechni.ca #planetaryscience #solarsystem #Science #Jupiter #Space #juno #NASA

A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter We can’t quite afford to support everything that we have done in the past."

A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #NASA #Jupiter #SpaceExploration

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Meteor Traveling 35,000 MPH Explodes Over Texas, Possibly Striking a Houston House #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #MeteorExplosion #TexasNews #SpaceScience

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In a rare event, the moon got a massive new crater A crater as wide as two American football fields formed in spring 2024, a size expected roughly once a century. A NASA orbiter got to watch.

In a rare event, the moon got a massive new crater #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #MoonCrater #SpaceNews #Astronomy

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Scientists Open Moon Rocks Locked Away Since 1972 – and Find Something Totally Unexpected Decades after being sealed away, Apollo-era lunar samples are revealing unexpected chemical signatures that challenge long-standing assumptions about the Moon’s composition.

Scientists Open Moon Rocks Locked Away Since 1972 – and Find Something Totally Unexpected #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #MoonRocks #SpaceExploration #NASA

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'Completely Bonkers': Astronomers Think They Saw Two Planets Collide A distant star whose light suddenly flickered like a guttering candle has led astronomers to a spectacular find.

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Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars There may be a river delta hidden under the obvious delta in a Martian crater.

Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #MarsExploration #Perseverance #SubsurfaceDelta

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This Super-Puff Planet is Hiding its True Nature Behind Thick Haze Super-puff planets have extremely low densities, and exoplanet scientists aren't sure why. They seem to defy our understanding of how planets form. Researchers used the JWST to observe the atmosphere of Kepler-51d, one of the puffiest of the super-puffs. Unfortunately, even the powerful space telescope found a featureless spectrum. What does it mean?

This Super-Puff Planet is Hiding its True Nature Behind Thick Haze #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #Exoplanets #Astrophysics #SpaceExploration

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Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars https://arstechni.ca #MarsPerseverance #planetaryscience #astronomy #Science #radar #rover #Mars