Ubisoft appoints advisors to explore options after buyout report newsthirst.

Artwork for Ubisoft’s upcoming “Assassin’s Creed Shadows” game. John Keeble | Getty Images French video game publisher Ubisoft said Thursday it’s appointing advisors to review and pursue strategic options after a report last year suggested that its majority backers were considering a buyout. Ubisoft said in a strategic update that “leading advisors” had been hired…

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NASA Wants to Explore the Icy Moons of Jupiter and Saturn With Autonomous Robots newsthirst.

Europa’s orbit is an ellipse, and the satellite’s shape is affected by Jupiter’s gravity, becoming deformed when it passes closer to Jupiter. This change in shape creates friction inside Europa, generating enormous amounts of heat in a mechanism known as tidal heating, which melts some of the ice and forms a vast internal ocean beneath…

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