Giant Water Plume Detected Again on Jupiter Moon Europa
What appears to be a huge plume of water vapor has again been spotted emanating from Jupiter's icy moon Europa, boosting scientists' confidence that the phenomenon is real. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected a 62-mile-high (100 kilometers) candidate plume near Europa's equator in February 2016, researchers and agency officials announced today (April 13). The newly reported candidate is in the same location as a smaller one that Hubble saw back in March 2014. And that location is ..>> view originalThis Device Can Pull Three Liters Of Water Out Of Thin Air
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Nintendo's announcement today that it's discontinuing its wildly popular NES Classic Edition console has fans in an uproar. Why would Nintendo do this, when the device has been sold out for months and it's clear consumers will buy it as soon as it hits ...>> view originalThe government just wrapped a major auction that'll shape the future of the Internet
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Elon Musk Teases Tesla Semi Truck, Pickup Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the semi truck will be unveiled in September, while the pickup will be ready in 18 to 24 months. Tesla trucks are coming: a semi truck will debut first this fall, followed by a pickup next year. That's according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who teased the company's plans for trucks in a series of tweets on Thursday. He said that a semi truck will be ready in September and that Tesla w..>> view original
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