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Making Mars’ Moons: Supercomputers Offer ‘Disruptive’ New Explanation

The origin of Mar’s moons

How did Mars get its moons?

meteoroid broke up by thermal stresses

Heat to blame for Space Pebble’s demise

Why do pebbles pulverize after they leave the comet?

amount of cloud cover on Neptune

Neptune is losing its clouds

Neptune's disappearing clouds linked to the solar cycle.

surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede

Study explains the mystery of ‘smooth terrains’ on icy moons circling Jupiter and Saturn

Icy moonquakes: Surface shaking could trigger landslides.

Charon Chasmas

New models explain canyons on Pluto’s moon

Internal ocean freeze modeling does not support cryovolcanism on Charon.

Mars global map

The future expedition will greatly benefit from the new Mars water map

A new map of Mars is changing the way we think about the planet’s watery past.

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