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Looking Inside Icy Moons

The outer planets of the Solar System are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn’s moon Enceladus, are ...
Two papers challenged the existence of theorized particles called sterile neutrinos that might account for mysteries like the ...
While the crater-pitted moon may appear geologically dead, researchers have discovered more could be going on under its icy ...
There are several frozen moons in our solar system, orbiting the gas giants. Some of them, despite having temperatures that would make Antarctica feel tropical, have liquid water under the surface.
A new study reveals how shifting ice shells on icy moons can cause dramatic pressure changes, sometimes enough to boil their hidden oceans. The outer planets of our Solar System are accompanied by ...
Simulations show that subsurface oceans on small moons may hit boiling conditions, potentially creating features like Miranda’s distinctive ridges.
But on larger icy moons, the ice layer may break up before the water boils, preventing the formation of a boiling ocean.
Aeon Flux has a distinctive look, but its star and director did better work later If an action-sci-fi movie starring Charlize ...
When that pot goes up in flames, and it will, your prehistoric panic-fueled brain will scream “WATER!” Bad choice. Throwing ...
Rather than flowing magma, geological shifts on icy moons are produced by melting ice. The ice shells coating these moons wax and wane in response to forces generated by the planet they orbit and by ...
At its winter meeting, EMBL Council selected Anthony A. Hyman as EMBL’s next Director General. “I am pleased to announce the decision by the EMBL Council to elect Anthony Hyman as future EMBL Director ...
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