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Brazilian youngster Metinho was said to be of interest to Gers earlier this year and Sun Sport now claim that sporting ...
The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, has become the focal point of an extraordinary new discovery.
9. Hubble’s view of Jupiter and Europa (2020) Hubble’s high-resolution image of Jupiter and its moon Europa reveals intricate details of the planet’s atmosphere and the icy surface of its moon. The ...
The icy surface of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, has captured scientists' attention. Compounds like carbon dioxide and salt have been detected there, suggesting that an ocean could be hidden beneath ...
Europa: A little moon with a chance of life At last count, Jupiter has 95 moons, but the four main ones — Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa — were discovered in 1610 by famed Italian ...
Like Europa, Jupiter's jumbo moon Ganymede is thought to host an underground ocean. But its frozen shell is much thicker — possibly 100 miles thick — making it tougher to probe the environment ...
Set to orbit Jupiter and make over 40 flybys of Europa, this spacecraft is built to analyze the moon’s subsurface ocean without landing. Equipped with a vault to shield its electronics from intense ...
Space & Spaceflight NASA Pulls the Plug on Europa Lander, but Scientists Propose a Plan B How a robot built to walk on alien ice got the cold shoulder—and then (possibly) lived to see another day.
China’s lunar ambitions have evolved from symbolic flag planting to a systematic push for permanent space infrastructure.
The strawberry moon will rise on the evening of Tuesday, June 10, and will shine into Wednesday morning, a "sight that can be seen around the world," said Brian Lada, an AccuWeather meteorologist.
Moon phases are part of a 29.5-day lunar cycle, NASA tells us, caused by the angles between the sun, moon, and Earth. Moon phases are how the moon looks from Earth as it goes around us.
June's full moon is commonly referred to as the "Strawberry Moon" in America, but the nickname isn't a reference to its color (though there's a decent chance it will take on a yellow-orange hue ...