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在前景中,明亮的蓝白色喷射物从一个弯曲的蓝白色表面散发出来,映衬着星空背景,附近有一个金色的环状行星和两个较小的类似卫星的球体。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

在土卫二上寻找生命:我们应该问些什么问题?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 11 June 202411 June 2024

在冰冷的海洋世界中,建立在有机化学进化理论基础上的研究框架,可能会比仅仅寻找生命存在的直接证据,带来更深刻的见解。

In the foreground, bright blue-white sprays emanate from a curved, blue-white surface against the starry background of space, with a gold-toned ringed planet and two smaller moonlike orbs nearby.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Looking for Life on Enceladus: What Questions Should We Ask?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 8 May 202411 June 2024

On icy ocean worlds, a research framework built around the theory of organic chemical evolution could surface deeper insights than a hunt limited to direct evidence of life.

Photo of Amanda Hendrix and the journal cover.
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Introducing the New Editor-in-Chief of JGR: Planets

by Amanda Hendrix 8 May 20247 May 2024

Learn about the person taking the helm of JGR: Planets and their vision for the coming years.

A global thermal map of Enceladus.
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Strike-Slip Faults Could Drive Enceladus’s Jets

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 29 April 202429 April 2024

The back-and-forth motion could also reshape surface geology at the moon’s south pole.

A white and tan moon covered with streaks of tan
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Europa’s Ocean Might Lack the Ingredients for Life

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 12 April 202412 April 2024

The lack of volcanism and tectonic activity on Europa’s seafloor might hinder the moon’s potential to host living organisms.

这张木星卫星木卫二的照片显示了它的表面地质情况:带有棕色条纹的白色表面。
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科学家研究木卫二的热量如何通过海洋向上传递

by Rebecca Owen 9 February 2024

木星的卫星木卫二可能是太阳系中最有希望寻找到生命的地方之一。一项新的研究探讨了热量是如何从木卫二的地幔通过海洋转移到其冰壳中的。

Gray and cratered Mimas hovers in front of Saturn with its rings seen edge on.
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That’s No Moon; It’s an Ocean World

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 7 February 20248 January 2025

If Saturn’s cratered moon Mimas has liquid water beneath its surface, ocean worlds might be far more common in the solar system than we thought.

An image of Jupiter’s moon Europa that shows its surface geology: a white surface with brown streaks.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Scientists Investigate How Heat Rises Through Europa’s Ocean

by Rebecca Owen 10 January 20249 February 2024

A new study examines how heat may be transferred from the mantle, through the ocean, and into the icy crust of one of Jupiter’s moons—perhaps among the most promising places in our solar system to search for life.

The mountain Telegonus Mensae on Io. In the bottom center of the image is a dark spot that could be an impact crater.
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Amateur Astronomer Finds a Possible Crater on Io

by Chiara Villanueva 15 December 202315 December 2023

The most volcanically active body in the solar system may have an impact crater, a discovery spotted by a curious nonprofessional scientist.

Illustration of a cross section of Mars with blue and black lines, representing seismic waves, bouncing off internal layers.
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Mars’s Interior May Have an Extra Layer of Molten Rock

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 29 November 202329 November 2023

New findings suggest that unlike in Earth, the bottom of Mars’s mantle is a sea of molten silicate rock.

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