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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

Arvidson in lab meeting

St. Louis Public Radio: Wash U scientists to continue Mars research with $11.8 million NASA contract renewal

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?

Time: Mars was always destined to die

Plankton are microscopic organisms drifting in the oceans. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Muddied waters: Sinking organics alter seafloor records

The Carina nebula, where newborn stars are irradiated by intense ultraviolet light from nearby massive stars - possibly similar to the environment which birthed our solar system - is pictured over a fragment of Acfer 094. (Credit: Ryan Ogliore)

Sculpted by starlight: A meteorite witness to the solar system’s birth

Analysis of pristine samples of the Moon

Highlands hunt for climate answers

When using pyrite to understand Earth’s ocean and atmosphere: Think local, not global

Conference roundup: AGU 2020