Outer Planets & Ocean Worlds Program

Astrobiology
Goddard Space Flight Center
Outer Planets & Ocean Worlds Program
A NASA study expands the search for life beyond our solar system by indicating that 17 exoplanets (worlds outside our solar system) could have oceans of liquid water, an essential ingredient for life, beneath icy shells. Water from these oceans could occasionally erupt through the ice crust as geysers. The science team calculated the amount […]
Posted December 13, 2023
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