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- SwRI scientists discover a new auroral feature on Jupiter https://www.swri.org/press-release/swri-scientists-discover-new-auroral-feature-jupiter 3 comments
- Evidence for hydrothermal or metamorphic activity within the icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake https://www.swri.org/press-release/swri-scientists-find-evidence-of-geothermal-activity-within-icy-dwarf-planets 17 comments space
- Webb Telescope finds towering plume of water escaping from Saturn moon Enceladus https://www.swri.org/press-release/webb-telescope-finds-towering-plume-of-water-escaping-saturn-moon 14 comments space
- New study posits that interstellar cloud conditions may have played a significant role on the presence of key building blocks of life in the solar system https://www.swri.org/press-release/examines-origins-building-blocks-of-life 5 comments science
- Researchers find younger, rocky exoplanets are more likely to support temperate, Earth-like climates https://www.swri.org/press-release/swri-led-team-finds-younger-exoplanets-better-candidates-when-looking-other-earths 4 comments science
- Scientist set out to prove that the tiny, innermost moon of Saturn was a frozen inert satellite and instead discovered compelling evidence that Mimas has a liquid internal ocean. https://www.swri.org/press-release/swri-scientist-uncovers-evidence-internal-ocean-small-saturn-moon 5 comments science
- SwRI tests liquid acquisition device aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket https://www.swri.org/press-release/swri-tests-liquid-acquisition-device-aboard-blue-origin-shepard-rocket 3 comments space
- A new study tackles one of the greatest mysteries about Titan, one of Saturn’s moons: the origin of its thick, nitrogen-rich atmosphere. The study posits that one key to Titan’s mysterious atmosphere is the “cooking” of organic material in the moon’s interior. https://www.swri.org/press-release/origin-nitrogen-atmosphere-titan-saturn-moon 5 comments space
- Scientists find evidence of complex organic molecules from Enceladus https://www.swri.org/press-release/evidence-complex-organic-molecules-enceladus 25 comments worldnews
- Using mass spectrometry data, scientists find that large, carbon-rich organic molecules are ejected from cracks in the icy surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. They think chemical reactions between the moon’s rocky core and warm water from its subsurface ocean are linked to these complex molecules. https://www.swri.org/press-release/evidence-complex-organic-molecules-enceladus 6 comments science
- Scientists discover 4 billion year old primordial asteroids. http://www.swri.org/press-release/international-team-identifying-primordial-asteroids 2 comments space
- Jupiter's shadow causes the atmosphere of its volcanic moon Io to collapse every day. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2016/io-atmosphere-collapse-eclipse.htm#.v6l5hpmrkb9 3 comments science
- Research finds “geologic clock” that helps determine Moon’s age: Based on measurements from Earth’s interior, combined with computer simulations of the protoplanetary disk that formed Earth and other planets, scientists determine that Moon formed 100 million years after the solar system started http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2014/geo-clock.htm#.uzzh3kisz94 4 comments science
- Pluto's moons and possible rings may be hazards: New Horizons and the gauntlet it may encounter in 2015 http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/newhorizons-pluto.htm 10 comments space