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Published Most volcanic activity on Mercury stopped about 3.5 billion years ago - Most Volcanic Activity on Mercury Stopped About 3.5 Billion Years Ago
(via sciencedaily.com) New research finds that major volcanic activity on the planet Mercury most likely ended about 3.5 bi...
Published Ancient volcanic explosions shed light on Mercury's origins - Ancient Volcanic Explosions Shed Light on Mercury's Origins
(via sciencedaily.com) The surface of Mercury crackled with volcanic explosions for extended periods of the planet's histor ...
Published NASA's LRO sees GRAIL's explosive farewell - NASA's LRO Sees GRAIL's Explosive Farewell
(via sciencedaily.com) Many spacecraft just fade away, drifting silently through space after their mission is over, but not...
Published Hunting Venus 2.0: Scientists sharpen their sights - Hunting Venus 2.0: Scientists Sharpen Their Sights
(via sciencedaily.com) With the first paper compiling all known information about planets like Venus beyond our solar syste...
Published Heavy metal frost? A new look at a Venusian mystery - Heavy Metal Frost? A New Look at a Venusian Mystery
(via sciencedaily.com) Venus is hiding something beneath its brilliant shroud of clouds: a first order mystery about the pl...
Published Pluto’s ‘Hulk-like’ moon Charon: A possible ancient ocean? - Pluto’s ‘Hulk-like’ moon Charon: A possible ancient ocean?
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Pluto's largest moon may have gotten too big for its own skin. Images from NASA's New Horizons missi...
Published Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may offer insights for Earth - Saturn's Largest Moon, Titan, May Offer Insights for Earth
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists studying the weather and climate of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, have reported a signifi...
Published 'Bathtub rings' around Titan's lakes might be made of alien crystals - Bathtub Rings Around Titan's Lakes Might Be Made of Alien Crystals
(via sciencedaily.com) The frigid lakeshores of Saturn's moon Titan might be encrusted with strange, unearthly minerals, ac...
Published Venus: Planetary portrait of inner beauty - Venus: Planetary Portrait of Inner Beauty
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A Venus transit across the face of the sun is a relatively rare event -- occurring in pairs with mor...
Published New mineral discovered in moon meteorite - New Mineral Discovered in Moon Meteorite: Implications for Lunar Geology
(via sciencedaily.com) The high-pressure mineral Donwilhelmsite, recently discovered in the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 00...
Published Active volcanism on Venus - Active Volcanism on Venus: A Closer Look at the Planet's Fiery Landscape
(via sciencedaily.com) Researchers combing through the data from the Venus Express mission have found new evidence of activ...
Published Can sound help us detect 'earthquakes' on Venus? - Can Sound Help Us Detect 'Earthquakes' on Venus?
(via sciencedaily.com) Detecting an 'earthquake' on Venus would seem to be an impossible task. But conditions in Venus' atm...
Published Possible clouds on Pluto, next target is reddish - Possible Clouds on Pluto: Next Target is Reddish
(via sciencedaily.com) Stern said that Pluto's complex, layered atmosphere is hazy and appears to be mostly free of clouds,...
Published Scientists identify a possible source for Charon's red cap - Scientists Identify a Possible Source for Charon's Red Cap
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists combined data from NASA's New Horizons mission with novel laboratory experiments and exos...
Published Pluto's glaciers: Large heart-shaped nitrogen glacier explained - Pluto's Glaciers: The Fascinating Science Behind the Large Heart-Shaped Nitrogen Glacier
(via sciencedaily.com) What is the origin of the large heart-shaped nitrogen glacier revealed in 2015 on Pluto by the New H...
Published Icy ridges found on Pluto - Icy Ridges Found on Pluto: A Fascinating Discovery
(via sciencedaily.com) Using a model similar to what meteorologists use to forecast weather on Earth and a computer simulat...
Published Metal scar found on cannibal star
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source When a star like our Sun reaches the end of its life, it can ingest the surrounding planets and aste...
Published To find life in the universe, look to deadly Venus
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of su ...
Published Titan's lakes may be shaped by waves
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Geologists studied Titan's shorelines and showed through simulations that coastlines of the moon's m...
Published Possible seasonal climate patterns on early Mars
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New observations of mud cracks made by the Curiosity Rover show that high-frequency, wet-dry cycling...