Europa

‘Vulnerable’ Earth-Like Planets Could Survive With Friction: Study

If you're a potentially habitable world orbiting in a zone where liquid water can exist -- and then a rude…

10 years ago

A New Image of Europa Emerges

Eureka – it's Europa! And a brand-new image of it, too! (Well, kinda sorta.) The picture above, showing the icy moon's…

10 years ago

An Ocean On Pluto’s Moon? Hopeful Scientists Will Keep An Eye Out For Cracks

It's a lot of speculation right now, but the buzz in a new NASA study is Pluto's largest moon (Charon)…

10 years ago

NASA Seeks Ideas for Mission to Europa

Europa — a moon of Jupiter first discovered by Galileo — never ceases to surprise and amaze astronomers and amateurs…

11 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – March 7, 2014: Cosmos Premiere & NASA Budget

Host: Fraser Cain Astrojournalists: David Dickinson, Matthew Francis, Casey Dreier, Jason Major, Brian Koberlein, Alan Boyle This week's stories: Alan…

11 years ago

Why Europa?

Forget Mars, the place we really want to go looking for life is Jupiter's moon Europa. Dr. Mike Brown, a…

11 years ago

What Are Cassini’s Most Interesting Discoveries?

We recently interviewed Dr. Kevin Grazier, on of the scientist who has worked extensively on the Cassini mission. Here's what…

11 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – December 27, 2013: Year in Review & Looking Forward

Host: Fraser Cain Guests: +Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein), David Dickinson (@Astroguyz), Pamela Gay (@starstryder) Big thanks to Nicole Gugliucci (@noisyastronomer) for…

11 years ago

Lithopanspermia: How Earth May Have Seeded Life on Other Solar System Bodies

With the recent discovery that Europa has geysers, and therefore definitive proof of a liquid ocean, there’s a lot of…

11 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – December 13, 2013 – Europa’s Water Jets and Chinese Lunar Lander

Host: Fraser Cain Guests: David Dickinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Jason Major, Nicole Gugliucci (more…)

11 years ago