Imagine waking up one morning to the news that the world’s oceans are freezing—not from the wind-chilled surface, but from ...

In approximately 4.5 billion years, as the sun transforms into a red giant and engulfs Earth, Jupiter's moon Europa may offer ...

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Some microbes happily thrive in unforgiving environments. An extremophile hunt is underway to leverage their resilience ...

As the years go by, the chances of Europa hosting life seem to keep going down. But it's not out of contention yet.

Hycean worlds are also called ocean worlds. They're planets covered in oceans that also have thick hydrogen atmospheres.

The pH of the surface ocean is one of four key variables that define its carbonate chemistry, the others being the concentration of aqueous CO 2, the amount of total dissolved inorganic carbon ...

Taiwan to test kamikaze sea drone to ‘support coastal assault ... it seeks to boost its naval defences in the face of growing pressure from mainland China. Beijing on Tuesday urged Washington ...

A new assessment finds that the world’s oceans crossed the safe threshold for acidification in 2020, breaching a key ...

northern and southern latitudes on the anti-Jupiter side of Europa will have a more modest rate of water loss. The researchers found that this could provide a tenuous atmosphere of water vapor ...

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 ...

Low atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations during glacial periods must have been accompanied by changes in surface-ocean carbonate chemistry. But it is unclear whether concurrent changes in the ...