25 February 2019
Scientists create DNA-like molecule to aid search for alien life
... Molecular Evolution in Alachua, Florida, who worked on the project. Could those alien worlds be as ‘close’ as Europa and Enceladus, where vast water oceans churn under thick layers of ice, thus providing a habitat suitable for life...
20 May 2019
A thin layer of ice-trapped gas stops Pluto's oceans from freezing
... research could also help explain why similar oceans on other icy planetary bodies, such as Europa and Enceladus, keep from freezing too conclude the team.
21 August 2019
InVADER robot to test technology for ocean world exploration
...’s oceans and refine methods for how we might study habitable vent systems on ocean worlds like Europa or Enceladus in the future” says Barge.
10 August 2020
Salty dwarf planet Ceres could be hiding an ocean
... in preserving liquid in this heat-starved body, say the team. Ceres’ ocean is very different from Europa’s or Enceladus’s, but just how habitable this ocean could be or what stage it is at is still unknown. However the outlook doesn...
26 November 2021
A closer Moon could have helped the early habitability of our planet
... Solar System and might be the reason behind why jets of water spew out from the surface of Enceladus into space. A much closer moon would have meant that the tidal force exerted on Earth was...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... for lots more new space stations, the launch of JWST (finally), and possibly finding signs of life on Enceladus, it’s safe to say that 2021 was an epic year for all things space-related. So what is there to look...
