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Astronomers Have Found Life-Supporting Molecules on a Moon of Saturn

Laura McKemmish, Albert Fahrenbach and Martin Van Kranendonk 16/06/2023

Photo: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute The search for habitable conditions...

The planet Venus is seen in this photograph taken by the Galileo spacecraft’s Solid State Imaging System

Apparent Sign of Life in Venus’s Clouds Triggers Wary Interest in New Mystery

Will Dunham 14/09/2020

Telescopes in Hawaii and Chile detected an abnormal amount...

A view of Jupiter's moon Europa created from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990's, according to NASA, obtained by Reuters May 14, 2018. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute/ Handout via Reuters

Water Plumes Make Jupiter Moon Europa Prime Candidate for Life

Will Dunham 16/05/2018

A bend in Europa's magnetic field observed by NASA's Galileo...

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Cassini Readies for 31 Km/s Dive Into Saturn, Bringing Epic Mission to Close

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/09/2017

While Cassini is celebrated in the popular literature for...

The north pole of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is seen in an image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft

NASA Finds More Signs Saturn’s Icy Moon Can Support Life

Irene Klotz 14/04/2017

The discovery makes Saturn's ocean-bearing moon Enceladus the only...

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Infinite in All Directions: the Killer Lake, Whistling in the Caribbean and Re-flooding Chennai

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/06/2016

Infinite in All Directions is our new science newsletter....

Artist concept of NASA's Europa mission spacecraft approaching its target for one of many flybys. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Could There Be Life on Europa? NASA Okays Mission to Find Out

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/06/2015

The milestone parallels the European Space Agency's JUICE mission...