ExoMars saw hydrogen chloride spike over fresh Alba Mons fissures in early summer, defying the usual pattern and hinting at seepage from a dormant magma chamber
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Postcard-size suit fabric spent 1,645 Martian days in dust; study finds Mars grit is less abrasive than lunar but ultrafine, electrostatically sticky, and chemi
Perseverance used onboard suit swatches over 1,645 sols to make the first on-site Mars measurements of fine and ultrafine dust, down to 100–300 nm.
JAXA’s MMX launches Oct 20, 2026 to land on Phobos twice, collect at least 10 g, deploy the 25‑kg Idefix rover, and return samples to Earth in 2031.
LLNL’s 3D Spheral simulations of a nuclear standoff show ~98% damage and ~97% of mass above escape speed, but 59 days of compute covered only 145 ms.
ESA’s Solar Orbiter sampled a giant switchback and, from its oxygen and carbon mix, tied its origin to interchange reconnection at the Sun’s surface.
Launched Oct. 1, NASA’s SSPICY will in 2027 have Otter inspect up to four inoperable U.S. objects from hundreds of yards using electric propulsion.
DAVINCI’s descent probe was heated to 869 F (465 C) over about an hour to mirror Venus entry—and the engineering unit performed as intended.
NASA named five Mars to Table winners to feed 15 for 500 sols; $300k to Chinyere Ukeje and $200k to Cislune, from 113 entries across 33 countries and 28 U.S. st
On Feb. 1, 2025, XRISM’s Resolve saw redshifted iron lines in BP Crucis, showing Wray 977’s wind plunging toward pulsar GX 301‑2 at 335,000 mph.