Spider-Like Scar on Jupiter’s Moon Europa Could Indicate Subsurface Salty Water

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December 14, 2025

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A spider-like scar on Jupiter’s moon Europa may indicate briny water beneath its icy crust. Researchers suggest impact-driven flows of salty liquid created starburst patterns resembling Earth’s lake stars. Future observations by NASA’s Europa Clipper mission could confirm these features, offering new insights into Europa’s subsurface oceans and potential habit…

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Early Earth’s Deep Mantle May Have Held More Water Than Previously Believed, Study Finds

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December 14, 2025

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Scientists have discovered that Earth’s deep mantle may have stored an ocean’s worth of water during the planet’s earliest years. New experiments show that bridgmanite, a dominant mantle mineral, can hold much more water under extreme heat, offering fresh insight into how Earth retained water and became habitable.

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Scientists Study Ancient Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, Seeking Clues to Early Star System Formation

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December 14, 2025

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Comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar visitor from beyond the solar system, is putting on a striking celestial show as it nears Earth. After passing perihelion in October, the comet brightened nearly tenfold and shifted from red to green due to glowing carbon molecules. Tracked closely by astronomers worldwide, this ancient object offers a unique opportunity to study th…

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Scientists Observe Solar Neutrinos Altering Matter for the First Time

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December 14, 2025

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Scientists have directly observed solar neutrinos altering matter for the first time, confirming a decades-old prediction in particle physics. This landmark result provides the lowest-energy measurement of a neutrino–nucleus interaction ever recorded and opens a powerful new way to study elusive neutrinos, nuclear reactions, and the inner workings of the Sun and the…