Geophysical Research Letters VOL.53 ISSUE 10 | 22 May 2026
Mineralogical Evidence for Highly Evolved Th‐Saturated Magma on Mars
Xiaojia Zeng + Xiongyao Li
Thorium‐rich (Th‐rich) geological units have been detected by remote sensing in the Martian crust. However, there is still a lack of mineralogical evidence to constrain the...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.131 ISSUE 5 | 24 May 2026
Enhanced Detection of Martian Dust Devils From Rover Images Using Machine Learning
Kacy Hatfield + Conor A Nixon + John Santerre
We present a new end‐to‐end pipeline for the detection of Martian dust devils in rover imagery that substantially expands current capabilities for atmospheric monitoring....
Geophysical Research Letters VOL.53 ISSUE 10 | 20 May 2026
First Detection of the Two‐Dimensional Vertical Propagation of Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Associated With Atmospheric Gravity Waves in the Martian Ionosphere
Rong Tian + Chunhua Jiang + Andrea Cicchetti ...
We report the detection of a traveling ionospheric disturbance (TID) captured by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) Active Ionospheric...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.131 ISSUE 5 | 5 May 2026
Diverse Patterns of Pebbles on Sand on Mars and Earth
Zheng Zhu + Quan-Xing Liu + Andras Sipos ...
On Mars, fields of sand dunes contrast with the generally cratered, rocky terrain commonly seen from orbit. Near the equator, in Gale Crater, images from the rover Curiosity...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.131 ISSUE 5 | 19 May 2026
Thermodynamic Constraints on H2 Production and Habitability From Mg‐Rich Serpentinites as Mars Analogs
Devan Nisson + Amit Basu Sarbadhikari + Emmy Hughes ...
Serpentinization produces hydrogen and methane through abiotic water‐rock interactions, potentially supporting chemotrophic life in planetary subsurface environments. Serpentine...

