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A problem worth its weight in salt
Pictures of Jupiter’s moon Europa taken by the Galileo space probe between 1995 and 2003 support the possibility that Europa’s surface has plate tectonics. In fact, scientists think it could be one of only two bodies in the Solar System … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown University, Cassini, cryomagma, density, ESA JUICE, Europa, eutectic, Galileo mission, ice salt, NASA Clipper, plate tectonics, porosity, salinity, subsurface ocean, tectonic activity
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Could there be life on Europa? NASA okays mission to find out
The Wire June 19, 2015 On Thursday, NASA okayed the development of a probe to Jupiter’s moon Europa, currently planned for the mid-2020s, to investigate if it has conditions suitable for life. The milestone parallels the European Space Agency’s JUICE … Continue reading
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Tagged Dione, Enceladus, Europa, European Space Agency, Ganymede, Hyperion, Iapetus, Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, NASA Clipper, plate tectonics, Tethys
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Earth, unlike Venus and Mars, exhaled nitrogen
One element that forms a unique part of the life-friendly chemical environment on Earth is the gas nitrogen. Its cyclic movement through the soil and the atmosphere via plants is a crucial part of how they produce energy. Earth’s atmosphere … Continue reading
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Europa’s ice shell could be quaking
The possible presence of plate tectonics on the Jovian moon strengthens the case for a planned NASA probe Continue reading
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