14 May 2018
Best evidence yet for plumes on Europa
... magnetic field measurements all indicate that a salty, liquid water ocean spanning at least 100 kilometres in depth is sloshing...Europa is geologically active today. So, a vast body of water, the right mix of elements (possibly) and chemical energy ...
17 November 2017
Excess positrons immersing Earth have unknown origin
...from. One of which is the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory (HAWC) detector in Mexico. As...the HAWC detector consisting of 300 large (188,000 liter/50k gallon) water tanks, each with 4 photodetectors. HAWC is located at an altitude of...
08 October 2021
Images confirm "once and for all" Jezero crater was an ancient Martian lake
... from either changes in climate or volcanoes melting glaciers. Mangold and the science team estimate that a torrent of water needed to transport the boulders – some for tens of miles – would have to travel at speeds ranging from 6 to 30 kilometres...
June 2014
Understanding Earth: GEO and the SDG environmental agenda
... and information generation activities. To date, the following global initiatives developed within GEO’s framework include, the Water Cycle Coordination Initiative (WCCI), Oceans and Society (The Blue Planet), the GEO Biodiversity Observing Network...
21 August 2019
InVADER robot to test technology for ocean world exploration
... NASA has given the go-ahead for its Europa Clipper spacecraft to probe it too. But once at this water-rich world, how will scientists go about studying what lies beneath? One such project that could...
03 September 2018
Water discovered in Jupiter's Great Red Spot suggests plenty more down below
... understanding of what makes the planet's atmosphere so turbulent. And, finally, where there's the potential for liquid water, the possibility of life cannot be completely ruled out. So, though it appears very unlikely, life on Jupiter is not beyond...
