New discovery of ammonia on Europa hints at active geology
View larger. | Composite image showing location of some of the ammonia-bearing compounds on Jupiter’s moon Europa (red…
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…
Cool, Earth-Sized Exoplanet Found Orbiting Nearby Star
Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet orbiting the nearby K-dwarf star HD 137010 after detecting a single, shallow…
NASA Says Europa Is Covered by a Thick Icy Shell
Jupiter’s moon, Europa, has long fascinated scientists. They believe it’s covered in a massive salty ocean, holding almost…
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…
This ‘Wet Lava Ball’ in Space Somehow Clings to an Atmosphere
Scientists have discovered the strongest evidence yet of a rocky planet with an atmosphere outside the solar system,…
After 20 years of research, astronomers discover a planet that looks strangely like Earth
For years, many astronomers have been searching for exoplanets in the universe. And although some of them are…
