Network for Ocean Worlds (NOW)

NOW’s Future Leaders of Ocean Worlds #FLOW have created their own Twitter account! Follow @NowFlow for exciting updates from our amazing early career researchers.

The newly-formed Ocean Worlds Working Group (OWWG) is pleased to announce its inaugural virtual town hall meeting, on June 29th from 9 – 10:30 AM PT. You can also find out more about the OWWG and join the mailing list at: lpi.usra.edu/owwg/

Massive water vapor plume found on Saturn's moon Enceladus sbne.ws/r/MORo

Looking at you, moons of Uranus and Neptune 👀 🌊🔵 xkcd.com/2773/

Is #phosphorous a limiting factor for life on @ocean_worlds #Europa #Enceladus? Calculated dissolved phosphate concentrations from water-rock reactions suggest cell populations larger than those observed in Earth’s deep oceans could be supported nature.com/articles/s4146…

“The outer solar system is probably replete with moons that could have liquid water oceans on them," says #WHOI oceanographer Chris German. Here are 6 #OceanWorlds start with if you’re looking for life beyond Earth. @Ocean_Worlds @NASAAstrobio @NASAJPL scientificamerican.com/article/the-si…

The volcanic vent system at Gakkel ridge – the newly identified analog – appears similar in many ways to those predicted for Enceladus, and could be spontaneously synthesizing materials important for the origin of life on this and other ice-covered ocean worlds.

#FLOW scientist Natalie Wolfenbarger is #NOWMakingWaves with her recent publication in @jgrplanets! Compositional Controls on the Distribution of Brine in Europa's Ice Shell agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

Attention early career researchers working in ocean world analog environments! Applications are now open for the hybrid #OWAWorkshop2022, to be held Oct. 13 - 15 in Denver, CO. Deadline for submission is August 16! hou.usra.edu/meetings/owa20…

How do our modern #oceans help understand how and what to look for in @Ocean_Worlds? For an answer, see "Ocean System Science to Inform the #exploration of Ocean Worlds" published today by @TOSOceanography tos.org/oceanography/a… #astrobiology #solarsystem #OceansCalling

If you are interested in hydrothermal vent systems and their role in habitability & CO2 sequestration through lab simulated chimneys! Then, my friends you're in luck! You can make your way to Julia Chavez's poster (Board 029)!!! #AbSciCon22 #astrobiology #hydrothermalsystems

Hey #AbSciCon22, you want to hear about how I quantify habitability? Stop by poster 19! @Ocean_Worlds

Hey #abscicon22 @theAGU - I’ll be talking about what happens when a bunch of hot lava gets dumped into the ocean and ends up supporting chemosynthetic life! Tuesday at 315pm in Salon East. #astrobiology #oceanworlds #microbes #lava #life #kilauea Photo credit @USGS

We definitely needed tubeworms at #abscicon22- thanks @pgirguis for the beautiful visuals! #oceanworlds #hydrothermalvents #microbes #worms #biosignatures #astrobiology

Tori Hoehler: The residual CO2–H2 disequilibrium on Enceladus cannot be used to say that life isn’t present, because unused free energy occurs in Earthly methanogenic ecosystems too. #AbSciCon22

.@PlanetarySpiers: Europa’s thermal history, driven by changes in its orbit, affects the H2 flux from serpentinization and the oxidant flux from its ice shell into its subsurface ocean, changing the satellite’s geochemistry over deep time. #AbSciCon22

Settling in to #AbSciCon2022? @NowFlow’s very own Elizabeth Spiers (@PlanetarySpiers) has the local scoop on Atlanta. 🚀

Are we alone in the #universe? Can we find life on other #oceanworlds using #chemistry? #OceanWorlds @Ocean_Worlds @NASAAstrobio youtube.com/watch?v=ZkozZM…

Less than one week until #AbSciCon2022! Are you convening and/or presenting on #oceanworlds research? RT & promote your abstract!