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SyFy: Bizarre, brittle exoplanets could feel like walking on eggshells

'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)

ScienceAlert: These strange, brittle 'eggshell' exoplanets could be orbiting alien stars

New York Times: A missing piece of the Moon may be following Earth around the Sun

'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

This new perspective of Jupiter from the south makes the Great Red Spot appear as though it is in northern territory. This view is unique to Juno. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstäd/Seán Doran © CC NC SA

NPR: In Jupiter's swirling Great Red Spot, NASA spacecraft finds hidden depths

Phil Skemer describes his lab's new rock deformation apparatus (Photo: Sean Garcia/Washington University)

New program offers undergraduate research experiences in rock deformation

The Climate Pod's Halloween special: Frankenstein and climate change with Michael Wysession

Wysession at AGU

Geoscientists call for immediate collective action on climate crisis

The earthquake, which was part of a series of deep aftershocks, struck hundreds of miles beneath Japan's Bonin Islands, shown here. Photo by FLPA, Alamy Stock Photo

National Geographic: Deepest earthquake ever detected struck 467 miles beneath Japan

Lunar samples from the Chang'e-5 mission at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, October 15, 2021. Jin Liwang/Xinhua/Getty Images

Business Insider: China brought Moon samples from ancient volcanic eruptions

Anna "Kay" Behrensmeyer, standing right, at a field site in Turkana Basin in Northern Kenya with students Andrew Du (standing) and Amelia Villasenor. Photo by David Patterson

Digging deep

Pathfinder Fellows recently canoed the Mississippi River with Big Muddy Adventures. It was part of a project component designed to explore the rivers in, and their impact on, St. Louis. (Photo: Beth Martin)

Hands-on learning to help the planet