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Polarized Signatures Of The Earth Through Time: An Outlook For The Habitable Worlds Observatory

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Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program (ANSMET) Report October 2024

Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine

Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program (ANSMET) Report October 2024

Astrochemistry: Webb Reveals Unusual Jets of Volatile Gas from Icy Centaur 29P

Comets and Asteroids

Astrochemistry: Webb Reveals Unusual Jets of Volatile Gas from Icy Centaur 29P

Iceworld Update: Hidden Snow Dunes In Antarctica

Icy Worlds

Iceworld Update: Hidden Snow Dunes In Antarctica

A Search For Water Vapor Plumes On Europa By spatially Resolved Spectroscopic Observation Using Subaru/IRCS

Europa

A Search For Water Vapor Plumes On Europa By spatially Resolved Spectroscopic Observation Using Subaru/IRCS

An Ancient And Impure Frozen Ocean On Ceres Implied By Its Ice-rich Crust

Ceres

An Ancient And Impure Frozen Ocean On Ceres Implied By Its Ice-rich Crust

Most Super-Earths Have Less Than 3% Water

Exoplanetology: Exoplanets & Exomoons

Most Super-Earths Have Less Than 3% Water

Mars’ Missing Atmosphere Could Be Hiding In Plain Sight

Mars

Mars’ Missing Atmosphere Could Be Hiding In Plain Sight

The Trans- And Post-Capture Orbital Evolution Of Triton

Triton

The Trans- And Post-Capture Orbital Evolution Of Triton

Ice Planet Update: Arctic Sea Ice Near Historic Low – Antarctic Ice Continues Decline

Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine

Ice Planet Update: Arctic Sea Ice Near Historic Low – Antarctic Ice Continues Decline

Triton’s Captured Youth: Tidal Heating Kept Triton Warm and Active for Billions of Years

Triton

Triton’s Captured Youth: Tidal Heating Kept Triton Warm and Active for Billions of Years

Mapping The Exo-Neptunian Landscape. A Ridge Between The Desert And Savanna

Exoplanetology: Exoplanets & Exomoons

Mapping The Exo-Neptunian Landscape. A Ridge Between The Desert And Savanna

Antioxidant Defense in the Toughest Animals on the Earth: Its Contribution to the Extreme Resistance of Tardigrades

Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments

Antioxidant Defense in the Toughest Animals on the Earth: Its Contribution to the Extreme Resistance of Tardigrades

A Patchy CO2 Exosphere On Ganymede Revealed By The James Webb Space Telescope

Ganymede

A Patchy CO2 Exosphere On Ganymede Revealed By The James Webb Space Telescope

Europa Clipper: Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-Surface (REASON)

Europa

Europa Clipper: Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-Surface (REASON)

Variations Of Organic Functional Chemistry In Carbonaceous Matter From The Asteroid 162173 Ryugu

Comets and Asteroids

Variations Of Organic Functional Chemistry In Carbonaceous Matter From The Asteroid 162173 Ryugu

Through-Ice Acoustic Communication For Ocean Worlds Exploration

ROVs/Submersibles

Through-Ice Acoustic Communication For Ocean Worlds Exploration

Rocky Worlds Director’s Discretionary Time (DDT) Selects Its First Targets

Exoplanetology: Exoplanets & Exomoons

Rocky Worlds Director’s Discretionary Time (DDT) Selects Its First Targets

Iceworld Update: Grim Outlook For Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine

Iceworld Update: Grim Outlook For Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

Explaining Dramatic Planetwide Changes After The Last Snowball Earth Event

Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology

Explaining Dramatic Planetwide Changes After The Last Snowball Earth Event