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Study Finds Europa’s Seafloor Likely Inactive, Undercutting Hopes for Present-Day Life

The peer-reviewed modeling points to too little seafloor energy today, a forecast to be tested by Europa Clipper plus JUICE in the early 2030s.

Study Maps Rapid, Predictable Microbial Colonization of New Icelandic Lava

Titan May Lack a Global Ocean, Cassini Reanalysis Points to a Slushy Interior With Isolated Water Pockets

Webb Spots Carbon-Rich, Lemon-Shaped Planet Orbiting a Pulsar

JWST Finds Strong Evidence of a Thick Atmosphere on Molten Super-Earth TOI-561 b

Webb Data Point to Thick Atmosphere on Ultra‑Hot Super‑Earth TOI‑561 b

Perseverance Confirms 55 Tiny Electrical Sparks in Martian Dust Storms and Devils

Early JWST Campaign Finds Stellar Noise Hindering TRAPPIST-1e Atmosphere Test

Hubble and Juice Capture New Views of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Ahead of Dec. 19 Flyby

ESA Mars Express Reveals 'Butterfly' Crater Carved by Low-Angle Impact

Perseverance Links Jezero’s White Clays to Rainfall on Ancient Mars

Study Finds Subsurface Oceans Could Boil Inside Small Icy Moons

Study Recasts Deep-Mantle Anomalies as Remnants of a Core-Contaminated Magma Ocean

Study Finds Enceladus’ Heat Loss Matches Tidal Input, Indicating a Long-Lived Ocean

Lab Experiments Reveal Planets Can Make Water From Hydrogen–Magma Reactions

Cassini Reanalysis Finds Complex Organics From Enceladus’s Ocean in Fresh Plume Grains

Cassini Reanalysis Finds Complex Organics in Fresh Enceladus Plume Grains

Fresh Enceladus Plume Grains Reveal Ocean-Derived Complex Organics

Webb Makes First Direct Chemical Reading of a Moon-Forming Disk Around CT Cha b

Perseverance’s ‘Leopard-Spot’ Rock Tagged a Potential Biosignature as Fresh Skepticism Surfaces