The goal is to keep Juno from disrupting any aliens — microbial or otherwise — that might live in
hidden oceans of water below the icy shells of Jupiter's moons Europa and Ganymede.
Geothermal activity may sustain
hidden oceans on worlds ejected from their planetary systems
That would parallel
other hidden oceans in our solar system, like those on Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus.
An eager young cartographer voiced by Michael J. Fox is part of an expedition that makes it way
through hidden ocean passages in search of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
From the churning North Shore surf to tranquil,
hidden ocean coves; from a sea turtle or monk seal snoozing on a quiet beach, to a rainbow - colored shave ice — only a picture can begin to capture these thousands of words.
Lurking between Mars and Jupiter is the largest asteroid in the solar system: a dwarf planet called Ceres, which has ice volcanoes, salt deposits, and other features that suggest it's
hiding an ocean of salt water.
Scientists on Monday unveiled new photographs from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, and they likely show «fingers» of water vapor squirting out of Europa's
hidden ocean and into space.
To prevent Cassini from crashing into and contaminating any of
those hidden oceans, the space agency has directed the craft, which is running out of fuel, onto a crash course with Saturn.
The way spaceships vent urine and water may be a good stand - in for studying how jets of vapour escape
the hidden ocean on one of Saturn's icy moons
The seismic echoes of Jupiter's icy moons could teach us more about
their hidden oceans than any picture — and help us gauge their potential for life
The moon's watery plumes may vent into space from
its hidden ocean.
«We are afloat on
a hidden ocean of equations.
Scientists suspect that Jupiter's moons Europa and Ganymede also have
hidden oceans.
This hidden ocean is, says Hayes, «the most accessible laboratory for prebiotic chemistry in the solar system» — a potential habitat for life.
McCarthy and Cooper hope that modelers will make use of these findings as they try to unravel the mysteries of Europa's
hidden ocean.
This hidden ocean — which may be as warm as 90 degrees Celsius (194 degrees Fahrenheit) at the bottom — is one of many reasons that Enceladus is considered a prime candidate for extraterrestrial life.