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Mimas Has an Expanding, Young Ocean, New Research Suggests

By News Staff January 31, 2023

Mimas, a small moon of Saturn, is heavily cratered and lacks the typical characteristics of an ocean-bearing moon, such as the active surface of Enceladus. However, measurements of Mimas, made…

Detecting Extraterrestrial Life on Enceladus Could Be Achieved without Landing: Study

By News Staff January 2, 2023

Enceladus, the sixth-biggest moon of Saturn, is a top candidate in the search for extraterrestrial life in the Solar System. An artist’s impression of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft flying through plumes…

Chicxulub-Like Asteroid Caused Megatsunami on Early Mars

By News Staff December 1, 2022

The Chicxulub-like asteroid crash landed in shallow ocean waters in the Martian region of Chryse Planitia 3.4 billion years ago (Hesperian period) and left a crater about 110 km wide,…

Early Martian Ocean Was Over 300 Meters Deep, New Research Suggests

By News Staff November 18, 2022

An analysis of chromium isotopes in Martian meteorites suggests that approximately 4.5 billion years ago, there was enough water for the entire planet to be covered in a 300-m-deep global…

Mimas Has an Expanding, Young Ocean, New Research Suggests

Detecting Extraterrestrial Life on Enceladus Could Be Achieved without Landing: Study

Chicxulub-Like Asteroid Caused Megatsunami on Early Mars

Early Martian Ocean Was Over 300 Meters Deep, New Research Suggests

Astronomers Propose New Definition of Planet

Cassini Reveals Surface Properties of Titan’s Hydrocarbon Seas