... made the news. ESA's planet watching telescope finally took to the skies The presence, or absence of water, methane and oxygen on our nearest planetary neighbour is still a point of debate and like the Moon, organisations and...
... as to how methanol could have formed on this object, including formation by cosmic ray irradiation of mixed water and methane ices Despite the individual nature of each study, there was one recurring, underlying feature that lead...
... therefore proving the vehicle is flight-worthy. Although the finished design will use sub-cooled liquid methane and liquid oxygen (CH4/LOX) as a propellant, LN2 is chemically neutral and therefore won’t catch fire or cause...
... weeks by SpaceX teams on the Texas coast, in Boca Chica, the latest incarnation, SN5 is powered by the same methane and oxygen-fuelled Raptor engine SpaceX intends to use to reach Mars. Although SN5 featured a single Raptor...
... area and an upsurge of briny water was driven to the surface by a small amount of gas such as water vapour, methane or ammonia. Fast forward a few years and the theory has now expanded. In a series of seven papers published...
... middle clouds of Venus – the region which has been identified as a potential habitable zone, including OH (hydroxide), CH4 (methane), HS (sulfanyl) amongst others and a few atomic species. Atomic phosphorous was also detected, however, compounds...