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Gas extraction line in Rita Parai's laboratory (Photo: Sean Garcia)

Volatile bodies: Isotopic fingerprints reveal how planets gain and lose elements

A river runs through it

'Eggshell planets’ are rocky worlds that have an ultra-thin outer brittle layer and little to no topography. Here, an artist’s rendition of such an exoplanet. (Image: NASA)

Space.com: Strange 'eggshell' exoplanets may have ultra-smooth surfaces

Doug Wiens

KSDK: Why midwest earthquakes can be felt miles away from epicenter

'Eggshell planets’ are rocky worlds that have an ultra-thin outer brittle layer and little to no topography. Here, an artist’s rendition of such an exoplanet. (Image: NASA)

Tread lightly: ‘Eggshell planets’ possible around other stars

The Chang'e 5 return capsule at its landing site in Inner Mongolia, China, on Dec. 17, 2020. (Image credit: CNSA)

Space.com: Moon rocks brought to Earth by Chinese mission fill key gaps in solar system history

Chang’e-5 samples reveal key age of moon rocks

PBS: Bob Criss discusses urban flooding on Donnybrook Next Up

The surface of Venus, shown here using radar data from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft, remains mostly unexplored. Photo by NASA, JPL

National Geographic: Hellish Venus poses many mysteries. New spacecraft aim to solve them.

Forbes: Martian blues: Did planet's size affect its ability to hold onto water?

Time: Mars was always destined to die

Welcome to WashU: Paul Byrne