LPSC 2021: Mars 2020 and Jezero Crater
The Mars 2020 teams is planning ahead for where they will send Perseverance and understanding Jezero Crater is key to the plan.
Understanding Super-Earths With Giant Lasers
In a lab experiment, a giant laser was used to compress iron oxide in mere nanoseconds in order to understand more about super-Earth geology.
Habitability of Exoplanets Influenced by Rocks
Researchers have determined that rocks and rock types can influence the composition of the atmosphere, which in turn leads to the habitability of the planet.
Rocky Sub-Neptune Exoplanet Found to be on Second Atmosphere
Images acquired by the Hubble Space Telescope show that, in the face of losing its atmosphere, GJ 1132 b found a way to acquire a new one.
Modeling Plate Tectonics with ESA’s GOCE Mission
In a new analysis of the Earth’s gravitational field, researchers have been able to measure the Earth’s crust and upper mantle.
Warping Space-Time on a Very Small Scale
In a remarkable new paper, researchers show how they measured the gravitational pull of a 2-mm gold sphere weighing just 90 milligrams.
Three New Fast Radio Bursts Captured by FAST
Astronomers using the 500-meter FAST telescope in China have published three new Fast Radio Bursts located 4-5.5 billion light-years away.
What’s Up: Galaxies, Orion Nebula, and the Pleiades
What’s Up: It’s galaxy season for observers, and we have tips on seeing Andromeda and Bode’s Galaxy. Plus the Orion Nebula and the Pleiades.
NASA’s Juno Finds Earth’s Zodiacal Light Caused by Martian Dust Particles
NASA’s Juno spacecraft make a serendipitous observation that shows Earth’s zodiacal light is provided by dust particles from Mars’ surface.
Antineutrino Detected Using IceCube, Proves Decades-Old Theory
The IceCube observatory makes the first-ever detection of an electron antineutrino, proving a sixty year-old particle physics theory.
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