‘Strongest hints’ of magnetic activity in exoplanets
This illustration shows magnetic activity in an exoplanet. The planet is a gas giant like Jupiter, but it’s very close to its host star and tidally locked: one side always faces the star and is scorching hot, whereas the other side is extremely cold. This steep...
Famous wildlife coexistence scheme at risk
A wolverine in Helsinki Zoo. Credit: Uusijani, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. A celebrated scheme for human-wildlife coexistence is now at risk of failing due to lack of long-term government investment. In 2015, Sweden was celebrated worldwide when a study revealed that...
Europa’s vapour plumes reconsidered
A new SwRI study has raised doubts about the existence of water vapour plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa (shown above), initially reported based on Hubble Space Telescope observations from 2012. A reanalysis of the data reduced the certainty of that initial finding, but...