Billions of years ago, water flowed on the surface of Mars. But scientists have an incomplete picture of how the Red Planet’s water cycle worked. That could soon change after two graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin filled a large gap in knowledge about Mars’ water cycle — specifically, the part between… Continue Reading UT Austin Grad Students Find Missing Link in Early Martian Water Cycle
NASA Europa Mission Set to Launch with UT Austin Instrument to Explore Jupiter’s Ocean World
Europa Clipper Launch Party UTIG Second Floor Ice Pod October 14, 2024 10:35 am – 12:00 pm* Map and directions. One of the great mysteries of the solar system is whether the ingredients for life exist below the surface of Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa. On Monday, Oct. 14, NASA is scheduled to launch Europa… Continue Reading NASA Europa Mission Set to Launch with UT Austin Instrument to Explore Jupiter’s Ocean World
Forever Chemical Pollution Can Now Be Tracked
Organofluorine compounds — sometimes called ‘forever chemicals’ — are increasingly turning up in our drinking water, oceans and even human blood, posing a potential threat to the environment and human health. Now, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a way to fingerprint them, which could help authorities trace them to their… Continue Reading Forever Chemical Pollution Can Now Be Tracked