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A close-up of Mars taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. New research suggests that the red planet may be too small to have ever had large amounts of surface water.

NPR: Mars had liquid water on its surface. Here's why scientists think it vanished.

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

$11.8 million award renews planetary geosciences data effort

Time: Mars was always destined to die

Wei retrieving ocean bottom seismometers at the Marianas Trench.

Seismological Society of America: Alumni profile of Songqiao "Shawn" Wei

Artist's rendition of a Mars with Earth-like surface water. Image source: NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens; NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service; NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS; Graphic design by Sean Garcia/Washington Univ

Mars habitability limited by its small size, isotope study suggests

Pablo Sobron (Photo by Michael B. Thomas)

St. Louis Business Journal: How St. Louis went to Mars: Locally-based startup is creating optical sensors to explore deep space and the deep sea

Pluto

Science Focus: Pluto should be our ninth planet. A planetary scientist explains why.

The Perseverance rover's first intact rock core was visible inside its sample tube, just before the tube was sealed on 6 September. Credit: NASA and JPL-Caltech

Scientific American: Success! Perseverance Mars rover finally collects its first rock core

Korotev selected for Meteoritical Society's 2022 Service Award

Two postdoctoral scientist positions in trace element-mineral interactions

Welcome to WashU: Paul Byrne