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High-Resolution 3D Models Suggest Venus's Rift Valleys Are Recently Active

The simulations reproduce Magellan radar features, pointing to specific rifts as priority targets for future orbital and in‑situ observations.

Juno Measures Hidden Heat Beneath Jupiter’s Moon Io

Scientists Confirm 25-Kilometre Meteorite Crater in Quebec

Perseverance Identifies 245‑Foot Impact‑Built Rock Sequence on Jezero Rim

Tianwen‑2 Reaches Kamoʻoalewa and Delivers First Close Images

Seismic Study Finds Thick Ultramafic Layer Under Mars and Vast Deep Magma Plumbing

Perseverance Detects Complex Organic Carbon in Jezero Mudstones

Perseverance Confirms Complex Organic Carbon in Jezero Crater

Lucy Finds Tumbling Asteroid with Water-Altered Clay

Scientists Find First Garnet Grains in Martian Meteorite

Lucy Flyby Shows Peanut‑Shaped Asteroid Is Water‑Altered Fragment of Ancient Collision

Lunar Meteorite Preserves Evidence of a 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Giant Moon Impact

Compact X‑Ray Telescope Could Map the Moon’s Surface Chemistry in Months to Years

Chandrayaan-2 Radar Finds Strong Evidence of Buried Ice at Moon’s South Pole

Psyche Completes Precision Mars Flyby and Gains Speed Toward Metal Asteroid

Mars Express Maps Dark Deposits in Shalbatana Vallis

Perseverance Shares Westernmost Selfie and Vivid Panorama From Mars

NASA Releases 12,000 High-Resolution Artemis II Photos to Public Archive

Curiosity Frees Stuck Mars Rock After Rare Drill Mishap

Curiosity Shakes Free 13-Kilogram Rock Stuck to Its Drill on Mars