Amara Graps

Amara Graps is a planetary scientist based in Boulder, Colorado. She is presently working on data from the infrared imager, UV spectrometer and in-situ dust instruments from the New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission. Her research interests include the charging and dynamics of interplanetary dust and the origin of water of the terrestrial planets.

Rocketing to Energy Sustainability

Metaphors are an important way to facilitate understanding of new processes. This metaphor is constructed based on the similarity of a rocket’s and civilization’s transition from one…

ELM And The Right Scenario For A Fusion Power Plant

A new operating mode for fusion power avoids instabilities in the plasma that place a heavy load on the vessel wall and to remove heat and particles from the plasma more gently.

Novel Asteroid Spots Its First “Potentially Hazardous Asteroid”

Sodium Chloride On Jupiter's Moon Europa Means Its Subsurface Ocean May Be Like Ours

A familiar table salt ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, finds a recent analysis.

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