#ICYMI: https://youtube.com/live/9-eSIhLz6SU

In this week's #SETILive, Beth Johnson chatted with Dr. Bonnie Teece about her initial analysis of microbial traps left on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean near Axial Seamount and what they could mean for our search for life beyond Earth, especially involving ocean worlds like Europa and Enceladus.

#science #deepocean #icyworlds #arewealone #scicomm

🚨 News from the Kuiper Belt

SwRI scientists find evidence of geothermal processes producing methane from within icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake

➡️ press release https://swri.org/press-release/swri-scientists-find-evidence-of-geothermal-activity-within-icy-dwarf-planets

➡️ Icarus paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.115999

#MakeMake #Eris #dwarfplanets #KuiperBelt #KBO #KuiperBeltObjects #TNO #TransNeptunianObjects #icyworlds #methane #volatiles #molecules #geochemistry #cosmochemistry #astrobiology #life #planetary #science #JWST #SolarSystem #SwRI #IcarusJournal #astronomy #astrodon

When patterns in the ice look like graffiti tags!
On my #PlotWalk today, I spotted these shapes in the tractor tyre tracks across the field. Isn't nature wonderful?

#Suffolk #TuesdayVibe #Countryside #natureart #IcyWorlds #frostyday #graffitistyle