In the ocean of a moon of Jupiter another ingredient of life
In the hidden ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons, Europa, there may be carbon dioxide, one of the ingredients necessary for life. This is indicated
In the hidden ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons, Europa, there may be carbon dioxide, one of the ingredients necessary for life. This is indicated
A virus discovered in the deepest abyss, almost 9 thousand meters deep in the Mariana Trench. It is a bacteriophage, i.e. a virus that exclusively
There is phosphorusone of ingredients of life as we know it, in an ocean different from the terrestrial ones: its presence has been confirmed on
The invisible underwater waves due to the encounter between the saltier and denser waters of the Mediterranean Sea and the surface ones of the Atlantic
Ancient ‘sailor’ bacteria may have colonized the oceans by plowing through the waters aboard microscopic chitin boats, the material of which the exoskeleton of insects
The James Webb Space Telescope has immortalized the largest plume of water vapor ever observed on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons that under its icy
In the depths of the seabed under Antarctica, traces of gigantic landslides that occurred millions of years ago, caused by past climate changes, have been
Of the 27 moons of Uranus, four (the largest) could host oceans tens of kilometers deep under their frozen surface: they are Ariel, Umbriel, Titania
By the end of the century, climate change could drastically reduce the life forms present in the so-called ‘twilight zone’ (or mesopelagic) of the oceans:
Juice launched, the probe aimed at Jupiter and its moons Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, which hide oceans that could host life under the frozen surface.