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Jupiter's moon Europa is a top candidate for hosting alien life. But it may lack the geologic activity needed to birth microbes

Europa is one of Jupiter’s 95 moons, and, perhaps, among the planet’s most famous orbiters. It’s covered in a shell of ice ...
Scientific American

‘Little Red Dots’ Spied by JWST May Be Baby Black Holes in Disguise

Puzzling red spots in photos from the James Webb Space Telescope are probably young supermassive black holes obscured by ...