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Sand blown by wind into ripples within Victoria Crater at Meridiani Planum on Mars, as photographed by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on October 3, 2006. NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Cornell/Ohio State University

What’s it like to be on Venus or Pluto? We studied their sand dunes and found some clues

Andrew Gunn, Monash University

There are many bodies in the solar system we can’t easily access. But observations of their winds and sediments reveal a surprising amount.
Mercury in exaggerated colour. The dark blue areas are rich in carbon. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

The more we learn about Mercury, the weirder it seems

David Rothery, The Open University

Recent research explaining why Mercury is so dark raises many new questions.

Related Topics

  1. Age of Earth
  2. Earth
  3. Ecosystems
  4. Mars
  5. Planetary science
  6. Sand dunes
  7. Solar system
  8. Titan
  9. Triton
  10. UN sustainable development goals (SDG)

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