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 b…
plate tectonics
4 posts
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 mi…
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…
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…