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Major iongeochemistry of lakewater. Ternary diagrams of the molar fraction of the 253major cations (left) and major anions (right). — eartharxiv.org Modern and ancient hypersaline lakes and oceans have been

The IMEWG (International Mars Exploration Working Group) is planning to stand up a sub-working group to identify international science and planetary protection goals and scope priorities in the upcoming transition

Rocket section for rideshare payloads. Credit Gail Iles, RMIT University A world-first study has proven microbes essential for human health can survive the extreme forces of space launch. Space agencies

Programmable Liquid-crystal Active Coronagraphic Imager for the DAG telescope (PLACID) — Europlanet A game-changing instrument is set to improve the detection and direct imaging of planets outside our Solar System

Variation of Enceladus’s ice shell thickness based on the shape model by Park et al. (2024) assuming isostasy. Contours denote intervals of 2 km. — astro-ph.EP Enceladus is among the

Enceladus orbiting within Saturn’s E ring Credits: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute larger image Saturn’s E ring is a huge, fuzzy, donut-shaped circle of particles around Saturn, that puzzled scientists for a

Blood Falls seeps from the end of the Taylor Glacier into Lake Bonney. The tent at left provides a sense of scale for just how big the phenomenon is. Scientists

Left: The HWO OS1 ConOps uses a reference star for wavefront sensing to expedite the wavefront control sequence. Center: After the dark hole is created, the observatory is slewed to