Editor: Mark V. Sykes
Co-Editors: Matthew R Perry, Alex Morgan
Email: pen_editor@psi.edu
Twitter: @pen2tweets

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1. [EDITORIAL] USRA Response to the Editorial Titled "Taking Action
   Against Historical Censorship by USRA"
2. Editorials and Continuing Discussion Regarding USRA and Censorship
   Moved to Discord Server
3. [NASA] Release of Research Opportunities in Space and Earth
   Science, ROSES-2025
4. [AGU 2025] Session P010: Enceladus - An Ocean World Odyssey
5. [AGU 2025] Session P012: Exploring Jupiter's Icy Moons with the NASA
   Europa Clipper Mission and the ESA Juice Mission
6. [AGU 2025] Session P017: Geology and Geophysics of Active Satellites
   and Small Bodies
7. [AGU 2025] Session P035: Small Solar System Bodies - Sample Returns,
   JWST, Ground-Based Astronomy, and More
8. [AGU 2025] Session P043: The Synergy among Theoretical Methods,
   Laboratory Studies and Atmospheric Modeling - Chemistry,
   Photochemistry and Cloud Processes in Planetary Atmospheres
9. [GSA 2025] Session T163: Exploring the Diversity of Volcanism in the
   Solar System
10. Student Travel Grants to the 2025 GSA Connects Meeting
11. Postdoc Position at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
12. Postdoc Opportunity at University of Leicester, UK
13. [NASA] PDS: New Mars DEM Archive - HiRISE and CTX
14. [NASA] PDS: JUNO Data Release 30
15. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions
16. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers
17. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets - New Papers

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[EDITORIAL] USRA RESPONSE TO THE EDITORIAL TITLED "TAKING ACTION
AGAINST HISTORICAL CENSORSHIP BY USRA"

Elsayed Talaat
President and CEO, USRA

In the editorial titled "Taking Action Against Historical Censorship by
USRA," published on June 26, 2025, Mark V. Sykes, Ph.D., J.D., Senior
Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, misrepresents USRA's
actions in response to the Administration's directives on DEI-related
matters. His article contains numerous inaccuracies and hyperbole that
distort the facts surrounding USRA's removal of DEI content.

Read my full response at:

https://tinyurl.com/y5tpcy96


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EDITORIALS AND DISCUSSION REGARDING USRA AND CENSORSHIP MOVED TO
DISCORD SERVER

I am pleased that USRA has responded to my earlier editorial. This is
an important discussion to be had. I have moved the editorials by
myself, Robert Herrick, and Elsayed Talaat and the petition organized
by early career scientists to a Discord server, providing each with a
discussion thread. I will reply to USRA's statements and the
statements of others there, and everyone is welcome to participate.

Go to:

https://discord.gg/CnRc4vgm

Mark Sykes, Ph.D., J.D.
Senior Scientist, PSI


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[NASA] RELEASE OF RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCE,
ROSES-2025

NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) announces the release of its
annual omnibus solicitation for basic and applied research, Research
Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) 2025 as NNH25ZDA001N
at:

https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025

Notices of intent to propose and Step-1 Proposals will be due no
earlier than August 11, 2025 and full (Step-2) Proposals will be due no
earlier than September 8, and may be due as late as May 2026, at which
time it is expected that the first full (Step-2) proposal due dates for
ROSES-26 will begin.

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[AGU 2025] SESSION P010: ENCELADUS - AN OCEAN WORLD ODYSSEY

Saturn's moon Enceladus is a geologically active and habitable ocean
world. Enceladus offers fresh opportunities for advancing our
understanding of planetary processes and searching for signatures of
potential life. The most accessible ocean material beyond Earth erupts
from the internal plumbing system of Enceladus, forming a plume that
modifies the space environment at Saturn. This is the 20th consecutive
year of this session, attesting to the phenomenal enthusiasm of our
community. You won't want to miss this one! We welcome the community to
submit contributions diving into diverse ranges of phenomena including
but not limited to: cryovolcanism, ice fracturing and other tectonic
processes, ocean circulation, water-rock reactions, tidal heating,
organic chemistry, life detection approaches, Enceladus's formation,
history, and internal structure, and cross comparisons with other ocean
worlds including Earth and Europa. Observational, theoretical,
laboratory, and field analogue investigations are all welcome.

To submit an abstract, please visit:

https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/prelim.cgi/Session/249971

Abstract deadline: Wednesday, 30 July 2025 at 23:59 EDT

Conveners: Christopher Glein (SwRI), Cynthia Phillips (JPL), Fabian
Klenner (UW Seattle)


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[AGU 2025] SESSION P012: EXPLORING JUPITER'S ICY MOONS WITH THE NASA
EUROPA CLIPPER MISSION AND THE ESA JUICE MISSION

Session link:

https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/prelim.cgi/Session/250483

Abstract Deadline: Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 23:59 EDT

NASA's Europa Clipper mission and ESA's Juice mission have both
successfully launched and will arrive to the Jovian system in 2030 and
2031, respectively. The comprehensive suite of instruments onboard the
two spacecraft presents a unique opportunity to perform individual and
joint science investigations en route to Jupiter and within the Jovian
system. This session welcomes presentations related to leveraging these
missions to significantly advance our understanding of Jupiter's icy
moons. Topics include, but are not limited to, surface features and
properties, internal structures, dynamics of the subsurface oceans, as
well as implications for habitability. We also invite contributions
from the complex interactions of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto with
their variable space environment and their dynamic evolution within the
Jovian system. Finally, abstracts related to Juice-Clipper synergy
ideas, instrumentations of Juice and Clipper, observations, and science
opportunities during the cruise are also welcome.

Conveners: Nuri Park, Carol Paty, Hao Cao, Pietro Matteoni


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[AGU 2025] SESSION P017: GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS OF ACTIVE SATELLITES
AND SMALL BODIES

This is a session of contributed and invited papers on the geology and
geophysics of active or recently active satellites and dwarf planets,
including small exoplanets. Research is progressing rapidly due to the
stream of new spacecraft and Earth-based telescope data, including
Keck, the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, and the Atacama
Large Millimeter Array. The James Webb Space Telescope has been
returning data and Juno is orbiting Jupiter and observing the Galilean
satellites. Additionally, Europa Clipper and JUICE, exciting missions
to the Jovian system, are in flight. Papers are welcomed on processes
that affect the interiors of individual satellites, dwarf planets, and
small bodies, as well as the surface expressions they produce. Included
are the effects and chronology of internal heating (tidal dissipation
and radioactivity), structural evolution (e.g., differentiation),
tides, and other geophysical and geological processes (e.g., volcanism,
tectonics).

Please submit your abstract by Wednesday, 30 July 2025 at 23:59 EDT.

More information can be found at:

https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/prelim.cgi/Session/251528

Co-Convenors: Ashley Gerard Davies and James Tuttle Keane


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[AGU 2025] SESSION P035: SMALL SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES - SAMPLE RETURNS,
JWST, GROUND-BASED ASTRONOMY, AND MORE

Recent and upcoming space missions (e.g., OSIRIS-REx, Hayabusa2, New
Horizons, Psyche, Lucy, Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt) and
powerful telescopic facilities (e.g., JWST, adaptive optics,
next-generation ground-based observatories) continue to expand our
understanding of the diversity and complexity of small Solar System
bodies. These planetesimals and dwarf planets preserve essential clues
about the early Solar System, including accretional processes and
thermal evolution. Sample return missions are providing ground truth to
remote observations, helping decode planetary formation and evolution.
At the same time, national and private space programs are entering the
arena and private companies are pushing forward with asteroid
prospecting missions. Together, these efforts signal a new era in the
study of small bodies - one that is increasingly collaborative,
diverse in methods, and rich in discovery potential. We invite
abstracts including, but not limited to, space mission data,
ground-based observations, modeling, sample returns, planetary
defense, and private-sector initiatives.

We invite abstract submissions by Wednesday, July 30, at this link:

https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/prelim.cgi/Session/247514

Conveners: Bryan Holler, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Franck Marchis


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[AGU 2025] SESSION P043: THE SYNERGY AMONG THEORETICAL METHODS,
LABORATORY STUDIES AND ATMOSPHERIC MODELING - CHEMISTRY, PHOTOCHEMISTRY
AND CLOUD PROCESSES IN PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES

The study of planetary atmospheres is more vibrant than ever. With the
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) measuring the chemical composition of
exoplanetary atmospheres, and with several current and upcoming
missions to Solar System bodies like Venus, Jupiter and Titan, the
importance and timeliness of this field is clear. A crucial aspect of
studying planetary atmospheres is modeling their atmospheric chemistry
and aerosol/cloud formation processes. This includes both comprehensive
atmospheric modeling and investigations into fundamental chemical
processes to better constrain these models. We invite abstract
submissions that involve modeling the atmospheric chemistry of
planetary bodies beyond Earth. This can include, but is not limited to,
atmospheric chemical and photochemical modeling, laboratory studies on
chemistry and photochemistry processes relevant to planetary
atmospheres, and computational simulations of chemistry and
photochemistry pertinent to these environments. The session is open to
research aimed at advancing our understanding of planetary atmospheric
chemistry beyond Earth.

To submit an abstract, please visit:

https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/prelim.cgi/Session/247996

Conveners: Benjamin Frandsen, Xi Zhang, Wencheng Shao, Wen Chao,
Andrea Salazaro


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[GSA 2025] SESSION T163: EXPLORING THE DIVERSITY OF VOLCANISM IN THE SOLAR
SYSTEM

This is a reminder about the Fall 2025 Geological Society of America
(GSA) meeting and our session titled "Exploring the Diversity of
Volcanism in the Solar System". This broad session invites abstracts
that present recent advances in modeling and quantifying volcanic
processes throughout the Solar System.

Abstract submission closes 5 August 2025. If you have any questions,
please contact the session conveners: Sean I. Peters
(seanp@middlebury.edu) and Ian T.W. Flynn (itf2@pitt.edu).


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STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS TO THE 2025 GSA CONNECTS MEETING

The Planetary Geology Division (PGD) of the Geological Society of
America offers at least 3-4 travel grant(s) in the amount of $500 to
help defray costs for PGD student members who are traveling to the GSA
Connects annual meeting (October 19-22 in San Antonio, TX) to present
first-authored papers.

The deadline to apply is August 27.

To apply:

1. Be first author and presenter of a talk or poster that has been
   specifically submitted to (and accepted for presentation at) the GSA
   annual meeting.

2. Be a Student Member of both GSA and the Planetary Geology Division.
   Join or to renew your membership here:

   https://tinyurl.com/JoinRenewGSA

3. Be registered for the meeting before applying for a travel grant:

   https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2024/home

4. Send an application to PGD 2nd Vice-Chair Alex Morgan
   (amorgan@psi.edu). This must includes a current CV (2 page
   maximum), short justification (~300-500 words) for why for why
   travel funding is needed, and a completed Travel Grant Application
   Form:

   https://tinyurl.com/GSAPGD2025grant

Visit the Travel Grants web page for more information:

https://community.geosociety.org/pgd/awards/travel-grants


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POSTDOC POSITION AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY

The Astrobiochemistry Lab at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
led by Eloi Camprubi is looking to hire a postdoctoral researcher for a
2.5-year full research position funded by NSF. The project explores
vesicle dynamics at the intersection between prebiotic chemistry and
evolutionary biology. The deadline for applying is July 31, 2025. The
start date is Fall 2025. Apply here:

https://lnkd.in/gBNb7zgf

For more information, please visit:

https://eloicamprubi.com/


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POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY AT UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, UK

The University of Leicester was recently awarded an STFC Large Grant on
the topic of "Planet Mercury: Origins, Evolution, and Interactions"
with Emma Bunce as PI. The main aim is preparation for, and analysis
of, the first data back from the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission to
Mercury, which we are well-positioned for here at Leicester given our
leadership of the Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS). MIXS will
revolutionise our understand of Mercury's surface geochemistry as a
nadir pointing instrument capable of global mapping at X-ray
wavelengths.

This grant spans five years and has four post-doc positions associated
with it. Two will be hosted at the University of Leicester, one at
Imperial College, and one at the Open University. This represents the
first of these exciting positions to be advertised, and the role is
focused on planetary geochemistry. Further posts will be advertised
next year.

The successful candidate will join the BepiColombo MIXS team at Space
Park Leicester and will to analyse the first data back from Mercury's
surface.

Please see the advert for further details:

https://tinyurl.com/5ea9jjfw

For any informal enquiries please get in touch directly with Emma Bunce
via email (ejb10@le.ac.uk).


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[NASA] PDS: NEW MARS DEM ARCHIVE - HIRISE AND CTX

A new database of high-resolution Mars DEMs is available through the
PDS. HiRISE and CTX DEMs were created in regions of demonstrated
interest for Human Exploration of Mars. CTX Dems overlapping
smaller-footprint HiRISE DEMs were created with the Ames Stereo
Pipeline and associated tools. A total of 1,354 HiRISE DEMs and 1,354
associated CTX DEMs have been generated and archived. The DEMs can be
accessed via a PDS annex at:

https://tinyurl.com/46y933u2

For questions contact Mackenzie Day: daym@epss.ucla.edu


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[NASA] PDS: JUNO DATA RELEASE 30

The Planetary Data System announces the 30th release of data from
the JUNO mission. The release includes EDR and RDR level data acquired
between 2024-09-20 and 2024-12-28, which covers Juno Orbits 66, 67, 68.
Data sets from the following experiments are now available:

- ASC (advanced stellar compass)
- FGM (magnetometer)
- Gravity
- JADE (plasma)
- JEDI (energetic particle detector)
- JIRAM (infrared auroral mapper)*
- JunoCam (camera)
- MWR (microwave radiometer)
- SPICE
- UVS (ultraviolet imaging spectrometer)
- Waves (radio and plasma wave science)

To access the above data, please visit the following link:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20250711.shtml

JUNO data are archived at the PDS Atmospheres (ATM), Imaging (IMG),
NAIF, and Planetary Plasma Interactions (PPI) Nodes. The data can be
accessed from these nodes' web sites and from the main PDS home page:

https://pds.nasa.gov


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PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS

Note: Many face-to-face meetings going forward will have online
components. Check their websites for details.

Posted at https://planetarynews.org/meetings.html

September 22-24, 2025
Vienna ELT Science and Simulations Workshop #2 "Spatial Resolution"
https://astarvienna.github.io/websites/ELTWorkshopSept2025.html
Vienna, Austria

November 10-14, 2025
Science and Technology for the Era of LIFE
https://life-space-mission.com/conference/
Barcelona, Spain

December 15-17, 2025
Rogue Worlds 2
https://indico.iap.fr/event/47/
Paris, France

July 6-10, 2026
HoRS3S Conference (High-Resolution Exoplanet and Stellar
Characterization)
https://sites.google.com/view/hors3s/home
Granada, Spain


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PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS

Direct Links to Open Access Papers
Editor, Faith Vilas

https://psj.aas.org

Atmospheric Loss during Giant Impacts: Mechanisms and Scaling of Near-
and Far-field Loss
Matthew J. Roche et al. 2025 PSJ 6:149
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/add929

Surface Ages for the Sample Return Asteroids Bennu, Ryugu, and Itokawa
William F. Bottke et al. 2025 PSJ 6:150
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/add46a

The Composition and Stratigraphy of the Chang'e-6 Landing Mare
Pei Ma et al. 2025 PSJ 6:151
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adddad

A Pan-STARRS Search for Distant Planets: Part 1
Matthew J. Holman et al. 2025 PSJ 6:152
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/addd03

Unoccupied Aircraft Systems Sampling for Earth and Mars
Colin Chen et al. 2025 PSJ 6:153
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adcfa1

From Colors to Spectra and Back Again: First Near-IR Spectroscopic
Survey of Neptunian Trojans
Larissa Markwardt et al. 2025 PSJ 6:154
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/addecd

High-speed Boulders and the Debris Field in DART Ejecta
Tony L. Farnham et al. 2025 PSJ 6:155
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/addd1a

LiDO: Discovery of a 10:1 Resonator with a Novel Libration State
Rosemary E. Pike et al. 2025 PSJ 6:156
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/addd22

DART-scale Impacts into a Complex Low-strength Target: Insights into
Asteroid Dimorphos's Interior from Simulations
Cem Berk Senel et al. 2025 PSJ 6:157
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/addf31

Lunar Crustal Magnetization Sourced via the Delivery of Iron-rich
Ejecta from Basin-forming Impacts
R. I. Citron et al. 2025 PSJ 6:158
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/addf36

Rotationally Resolved Near-infrared Spectroscopy of Three Large
Eurybates Family Members
Anicia Arredondo 2025 PSJ 6:159
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ade67a

An Estimate of the Importance of Electron-stimulated Desorption of
Sodium at Mercury
Rosemary M. Killen et al. 2025 PSJ 6:160
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/addf37

Spectroscopic Mapping of Callisto with HST/STIS and Implications for
its Surface Composition
M. Ryleigh Davis et al. 2025 PSJ 6:161
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/addec7


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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS - NEW PAPERS

Direct Links to Open Access (OA) Papers
Editor-in-Chief, Amanda Hendrix

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/21699100

The Seismogenic Thickness of Venus
Julia S. Maia et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JE009065

Surface Dust Coverages on Rock Targets in Gale Crater: Influence of
Elevation, Proximity to Aeolian Sand Fields and Seasonality
T. L. J. Henley et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008184

Atmospheric CO2 Ice in the Martian Polar Regions: Physical and Spectral
Properties From Mars Climate Sounder Observations
R. W. Stevens, P. O. Hayne, A. Kleinbohl, D. M. Kass
https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JE008956

Symmetric Instability in a Boussinesq Fluid on a Rotating Planet
Yaoxuan Zeng and Malte F. Jansen
https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JE009115


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