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Jupiter’s Moon Europa Is a Top Candidate for Hosting Alien Life. But It May Lack the Geologic Activity Needed to Birth Microbes
On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...
NASA Juno mission captured amazing new imagery of Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft flew about 219 miles (352 kilometers) ...
A study has cast doubt on the idea that Jupiter's moon Europa, where NASA has sent a spacecraft, could have conditions to ...
A new study is skeptical that life could still be present on Jupiter's moon Europa, where a NASA spacecraft launched in ...
The giant planet Jupiter has nearly 100 known moons, yet none have captured the interest and imagination of astronomers and ...
Jupiter's moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond ...
New research suggests Jupiter’s moon Europa may lack seafloor activity needed for life, despite its vast subsurface ocean and ...
Europa’s buried ocean has made it one of the most exciting places to search for life beyond Earth. However, new calculations suggest its seafloor may be calm, cold, and largely inactive, with little ...
Beneath Europa's icy shell lies an ocean vaster than Earth's. But is its hidden world buzzing with life, or silent as the ...
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Europa’s Seabed Might Be Too Quiet For Life: “The Energy Just Doesn’t Seem To Be There”
The paper looked specifically at what might be happening on the moon in terms of geology. As far as we can tell, Europa has ...
A new study led by WashU planetary scientists suggests the icy moon lacks the undersea activity needed to support life.
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