Editor’s note: Atolls are formed in several ways when a rocky feature becomes surrounded by a coral reefs sea levels change, and the rocky structure then erodes – while the […]
Caves, Craters, Mountains, Subsurface, Lava Tubes
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Away Team Droid Tech: Robotic Planning Under Uncertainty in Spatiotemporal Environments in Expeditionary Science
In the expeditionary sciences, spatiotemporally varying environments — hydrothermal plumes, algal blooms, lava flows, or animal migrations — are ubiquitous. Mobile robots are uniquely well-suited to study these dynamic, mesoscale […]
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Orbital View Of A Desert World: No, This Is Not Sietch Tabr On Arrakis
This is not Sietch Tabr On Arrakis. It is the Rihat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara – on our home world, Earth.
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AwayTeam Tech: Distributed Instruments for Planetary Surface Science: Scientific Opportunities and Technology Feasibility
In this paper, we assess the scientific promise and technology feasibility of distributed instruments for planetary science. A distributed instrument is an instrument designed to collect spatially and temporally correlated […]
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Away Team History: Explorer Journals – Past And Future
When we return to the Moon, and then move outward to Mars and beyond, the people who visit these strange new places will write entries in their journals (or blogs) […]
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ExoMars Observes Water Frost On The Caldera Floor of the Ceraunius Tholus Volcano
Researchers have discovered frost atop volcanoes near Mars’s equator for the first time – a part of the planet where it was thought impossible for frost to form. The finding […]
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ESA CAVES OffWorld Away Team Training: Astronauts Exploring Underground
Astronauts from five space agencies around the world take part in ESA’s CAVES training course– Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising human behaviour and performance Skills.
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Shocked Quartz Reveals Evidence Of Historical Cosmic Airburst During The Younger Dryas
Researchers continue to expand the case for the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis. The idea proposes that a fragmented comet smashed into the Earth’s atmosphere 12,800 years ago, causing a widespread […]
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Volcano World Update: Lava Lakes On Io
Editor’s note: Is there life on Io? To be certain, Io is a radiation-drenched lava world, yes. But life on Earth manages to thrive in some rather absurdly extreme volcanic […]
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ESA Away Team Training: Land of Fire – Lanzarote, Canary Islands
A crew of astronauts explored the barren and dry landscape of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands in 2017 to simulate a planetary mission. The trip started with a visit to […]