Over 30 years after its demise in the Venusian atmosphere, NASA’s Magellan mission recently provided new insight into tectonic processes on Venus. Scientists studied large, rounded geologic features called coronae by combining gravity measurements and topography data collected by Magellan throughout its mission. Not only does the new study shed light on Venus’ geology, but its methods also form a basis for analyzing the data collected by future missions to the planet.
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MarsOtherScience
Curiosity discovers carbonate mineral, provides insight into disappearance of ancient atmosphere
NASA’s Curiosity rover, which has been driving around the surface of Mars for over 12…
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) recently imaged NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and…
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As Firefly Aerospace prepares for its upcoming Alpha rocket launches, work continues apace on its…
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Scientists have calculated the rate of meteoroid impacts on Mars using seismic measurements NASA’s retired…
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Using data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have gained new insights into the…
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In December 2023 and February 2024, NASA’s Juno spacecraft, currently in orbit around and investigating…
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XMM-Newton observes black hole winds, provides insight into galaxy and black hole interactions
Black holes are among the most intriguing and mysterious objects in the universe. They can…
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In 2008, observations from NASA’s now-retired Spitzer infrared space telescope hinted at the presence of…
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MarsOtherScience
Through international collaboration, scientists find cause of InSight’s most powerful Marsquake
An international team of scientists has found the cause of the largest Martian seismic event,…
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On Oct. 12, 2023, NASA’s Psyche mission and spacecraft will launch out into the asteroid…
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In December 2022, NASA lost contact with its Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and…
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InSight’s importance: Seismic measurements, new terrain highlight ground-breaking mission
by Joseph NavinNASA’s InSight lander, formally known as the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat…
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On Dec. 21, 2022, NASA announced that its InSight lander mission on Mars had ended…
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InSight teams push for more science in lander’s final months, Curiosity continues trek around Gale Crater
In May 2022, members of NASA’s InSight Mars lander team announced that power levels on…
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New research directly observes atmospheric loss on mini-Neptune exoplanets, provides insight into exoplanet evolution
In two studies recently released by a group of astronomers researching exoplanets, the first direct…
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In a series of newly released papers from a science team on NASA’s Juno mission,…
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BepiColombo completes first Mercury flyby, science provides insight into planet’s unique environment
On October 1, 2021, the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency…
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As the Perseverance — formerly known as Mars 2020 — rover continues preparations for its…
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Ever since its successful landing at Elysium Planitia on Mars back on November 26th of…