09 August 2021
Problem for Perseverance's first Mars sampling attempt
... distinct surface fractures that converge at a central point. On Earth, similar fractures in desert environments might be a clue to past liquid water activity and thus past habitability. The shoe-boxed size helicopter has since completed its 11th...
13 April 2019
Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn
... Cassini Project Scientist at JPL, sums it up well: “With organic molecules, and tidal heating producing a global subsurface liquid water ocean and a possible hydrothermal vent system on the seafloor, Enceladus’ ocean could harbor the ingredients for...
17 June 2020
Six billion Earth-like planets could be in our galaxy, new study says
... in the habitable zones of its star--the range of distances from a star in which a rocky planet could host liquid water, and potentially life, on its surface. "My calculations place an upper limit of 0.18 Earth-like planets per G-type star...
