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Europa, Jupiter's ice-cloaked ocean moon, contains far less oxygen than previously thought, making it a poor candidate for sustaining alien life. Researchers came to this conclusion after analyzing data compiled from NASA's Juno mission. Calculations from a 2022 flyby of the Jovian moon revealed that Europa's frozen surface only produces about 26 pounds (12 kilograms) of oxygen per second, according to a study published March 4 in the journal Nature Astronomy . This number is far lower than previous computer model predictions, which estimated the surface produced 2,205 pounds (1,000 kg) of oxygen per second. That implies the moon's life-sustaining oxygen supply is "more like a trickle, not a torrent," according to Scientific American .  "It's on the lower end of what we would expect," lead study author Jamey Szalay , a plasma physicist at Princeton University, told The New York Times . However, scientists remain optimistic that Jupiter...

Carlee Russell, who told police she was kidnapped after she went missing, was arrested and charged with two misdemeanors for making false statements to police. Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who told police she was kidnapped after she went missing for two days, was arrested on Friday and charged with two misdemeanors for making false statements to police, Hoover Police Department Chief Nicholas Derzis announced during a press conference on Friday. "The story open wounds for families whose loved ones really were victims of kidnappings," Derzis said. He added that he shares in the "frustration" that Russell was only charge d with misdemeanors and said that he is calling on state legislators to add an "enhancement" to the law "when somebody false ly reports kidnapping or another violent crime." "Existing laws only allowed the charges that were filed to be filed," he said. Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who told police she was kidnap...