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Chang'e-6 Samples Confirm Hematite and Maghemite on the Moon

A Science Advances analysis links the ferric oxides to brief oxidizing vapors from ancient impacts.

Early Jupiter Shaped the Inner Solar System, Study Finds

Ancient Mantle Rocks Reveal Potassium-40 Deficit Linked to Surviving Proto‑Earth

MIT Team Finds Potassium-40 Anomaly That Points to Surviving Proto‑Earth Mantle

Study Shows Dry Ice Blocks Carve Mars' Sinuous Dune Gullies

Ferric Hydroxysulfate Identified on Mars, Hinting at Amazonian Geothermal and Volcanic Activity

Study Pinpoints a Dry Proto‑Earth Within 3 Million Years, Bolstering Theia Water‑Delivery Theory

InSight Data Point to Solid Inner Core and Ancient Impact Debris in Mars’ Mantle

Seismic Reanalysis Finds Mars’ Mantle Packed With Ancient Impact Debris

Lab Simulations Show Trapped Vapor Cracks Ice to Propel Cryovolcanism on Europa and Enceladus

Advanced Microscopy Reveals Fiery Origins of Apollo’s Orange Lunar Glass Beads

NASA’s MAVEN Mission Directly Observes Martian Atmospheric Sputtering