Venus is losing water faster than previously thought – this is what the planet’s early habitability could mean
by Today, the atmosphere of our neighboring planet Venus is as hot as a pizza oven and drier than the driest desert on Earth – but …
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Ice-penetrating radar will help SU and other spacecraft find water outside Earth
The Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) left Earth a year ago, embarking on a mission to closely explore Jupiter’s potential sea moons – Ganymede, Callisto …
Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus could support life – my research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there
Saturn has 146 confirmed moons – more than any other planet in the solar system – but one known as Enceladus stands out. It seems …
Saturn’s ocean moon Titan may not be able to support life after all
Titan’s underground ocean, and similar oceans inside other icy outer moons Solar systemcould lack the organic chemistry necessary for lifeaccording to new astrobiological research. There …
Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon Mimas may have an ocean that scientists once believed could exist
Astronomers have discovered that Saturn’s small moon, named Mimas, could harbor a hidden liquid ocean under its thick icy shell and that the conditions there …
James Webb Space Telescope could probe ‘carbon-lite’ exoplanet atmospheres in search for alien life
When it comes to detecting the presence of liquid water on planets outside the solar system, and thus the conditions necessary for life, the James …