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• Planet found orbiting puffed-up star
Earth will likely be destroyed, but more distant — and currently frozen — worlds such as Jupiter's frozen moon Europa will survive and perhaps be bathed in sunlight as our star rapidly expands. Europa "may become a very pleasant, nice ocean world ...
• Hopes rise for liquid water on Saturn moon
Europa, a moon of Jupiter, may have a liquid ocean beneath its frozen surface. But Enceladus, thought responsible for producing one of Saturn's rings, is more accessible, Hansen said. "Enceladus is sort of helpfully spewing out its innards," she said
• Venus, Jupiter will 'shine' on Monday night
All four will be in view on Monday evening, with Callisto sitting alone on one side of Jupiter, Ganymede, Io and Europa will be on the other side. Io and Europa will in fact, appear very close to each other, separated by only about one-sixth the ...
• Could a hot air balloon help map Saturn moon?
NASA and ESA are working in cooperation to develop an outer planets mission, and they are expected to choose between TSSM and a mission to Jupiter and its moon Europa in early 2009.  Whichever mission they choose, the projected launch date is around ...
• Plane skids of runway, no injuries reported
MADRID, Spain - Spanish officials say an airliner carrying 74 people has skidded off a runway on landing in the Canary Islands but no injuries are reported. Spanish airport authority spokesman Alberto Martin Carvajal says the Air Europa Boeing-737 ...