China’s nutraceutical boom offers opportunities for European brands
According to data from WPIC, a digital commerce and technology agency that helps global brands enter, scale and…
Europa’s Hidden Ocean May Be Even Harder to Reach Than We Thought
Earlier this year, researchers warned against the dangers of “fluffy ice” on Europa’s surface. If unaccounted for, missions…
Scientists Spent 13 Years Bouncing Radar Off Europa. Here’s What They Found
It’s a good time to be a Europa fan—scientists keep announcing new insights into the distant, icy world.…
So Those Water Vapors on Europa Might Not Actually Be a Thing
In 2014, a monumental Science paper showed that Hubble data pointed to intermittent plumes of water vapor on…
Missions to Ocean Moons Face a Strange Hazard Scientists Didn’t Expect
Of the hundreds of confirmed moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn, NASA describes Europa and Enceladus as “promising” and…
The conflict in Ukraine continues to shape the dialogue between the United States and Russia
The telephone conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin takes place against a backdrop already shaped by the…
Ammonia-Bearing Compounds Detected on Europa for First Time
A new analysis of archival data from the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) on board NASA’s Galileo spacecraft…
NASA Has a New Estimate for Europa’s Ice Shell, and Whoa Is It Ever Thick
Europa, one of Jupiter’s 95 moons, is encased in a shell of water ice, and researchers have just…
NASA’s Juno Measures Thickness of Europa’s Ice Shell
Results from the solar-powered spacecraft provide a new measurement of the thickness of the ice shell encasing the Jovian…
Life on Europa Could Feed On This Unexpected Source of Energy
Scientists are proposing a new source of fuel for potential alien life on Europa: Radioactive elements seeping out…
NASA’s Europa Clipper Radar Instrument Proves Itself at Mars
The agency’s largest interplanetary probe tested its radar during a Mars flyby. The results include a detailed image…