The Division of Planetary Sciences met in Maryland last week to discuss many of the landmark planetary science missions happening in the solar system right now. These include New Horizons’ visit to Pluto, MESSENGER’s final orbits around Mercury, and spacecraft at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Ceres, Mars, and the Saturn system.

Read more about the announcements coming out of the conference below:

JWST’s Top Astronomer to Planetary Scientists: Start Your Engines – Space News

Mars’s Largest Moon Is Slowly Being Torn Apart – Motherboard

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New Dwarf Planet In Our Solar System May Be The Farthest One Yet – Space.com

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These Mineral Veins Trace the Flow of Water on Ancient Mars – Gizmodo

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