25 September 2020
Salty water vapour provides clues to massive star formation
... same direction. “The counter-rotation of the disks may indicate that these two stars are not actual twins, but ...disk, aligns well with investigations into meteorites which also indicates that the proto-Solar System disk experienced high temperatures ...
05 October 2020
A dozen "superhabitable" planets better than Earth identified in new study
... also have a stronger gravity to retain an atmosphere over a longer time period. A larger planetary mass would also indicate a larger amount of interior heating through radioactive decay, leaving it habitable for longer. Plate tectonics and a large...
19 October 2020
Astronomers identify a true water-world that could have an ocean over 100 kms deep
... or more astronomical objects (such as moons or planets) trapped in gravitationally stable regions. Lillo-Box and colleagues research indicated that although there was no evidence for co-orbital worlds around LHS1140b, there were signs of one around...
12 February 2021
Water vapour spotted escaping from Mars' atmosphere
... are of particular interest to scientists as they are possible indicators of volcanic activity. However the HCl found by Korablev and...was detected in different locations at the same time indicating that volcanoes were not behind the source. Instead...
