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DPS 56: Day 4

JWST observations of giant exoplanet atmospheres, investigations of heating on Io and in asteroids, and a primer on open science brought the final day of DPS 56 to a close.

JWST image of Uranus and its moons
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DPS 56: Day 3

Day 3 of DPS 56 brought a discussion of mental health in the planetary science community and new results regarding Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, Uranian moons, and co-orbiting bodies.

Titan and Saturn
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DPS 56: Day 2

Plenary talks during Day 2 of DPS 56 tackled the connection between exoplanet science and solar system science.

image of Europa
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DPS 56: Day 1

This week we’re bringing you updates from the 56th meeting of the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences. Day 1 was all about asteroids and lab experiments!

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Kerry Kroffe recently joined the AAS staff as the Director of Scholarly Publishing. Read on to learn about his journey to his current role and his goals for the publishing experience.

Globular cluster 47 Tucanae

What happens when a giant star cluster gets trapped in a dance with the Milky Way’s central bar? A new study reveals that bar interactions are likely responsible for where we find globular clusters in our galaxy today.

A rendering of two dark planets in front of a bright yellow star.

Hot Jupiters, especially when placed around hot stars, are notorious troublemakers. A new study suggests that their cooler cousins, the warm Jupiters, tend to follow the rules no matter what kind of star they circle.

two simple line drawings of the sun with sunspots

Astrobites reports on the use of Johannes Kepler’s pre-telescope sunspot drawings to re-examine irregular solar activity in the 17th century.

RX Puppis and its nova shells

Nebulous shells of gas surrounding the symbiotic star RX Puppis hint at outbursts from the system going back thousands of years.