28 September 2016
Yorkshire mines to help shed light on life on Mars
... in some ways to the Giants Causeway on Mars. Underground we can see these same polygons on the ceiling and walls of tunnels,” said Edwards. “Salty environments are typically hostile to life but certain types of micro-organisms can...
29 September 2016
Rosetta on the way to its final resting place on Churyumov-Gerasimenko
... been considered safe under regular operating conditions – before allowing Rosetta to crash. "We hope to look at structures on the walls of the pits which may date to the time of the comet's formation”, said Philae scientist Jean-Pierre...
07 November 2016
Astronomers detect a trio of unusual dwarf galaxies in the voids of the cosmic web
... are low density regions and are produced by the streaming of matter out towards the higher density walls and filaments. They are also considered smaller versions of the bigger cosmic web in that have their...
21 November 2016
The grandest of canyons is found on Mercury with the aid of MESSENGER
... of it according to Montesi and his co-authors. From the images, the team have ascertained that the valley's walls appear to be two large, parallel fault scarps that plunge steeply to the flat valley floor below. The...
31 July 2017
Complex chemistry on Titan may form membranes
... are incredibly thin, flexible membranes that form a continuous barrier around all cells. This barrier acts as a wall, keeping the right stuff in and the wrong stuff out. On a place that is devoid of water, such as Titan...
20 December 2017
Methane-producing microorganisms suggest life in the Universe is common
... produced methane gas, and two others appear to have consumed methane and used it to build their cell walls. Primitive photosynthesisers are somewhat rare on Earth today because they exist only in places where there is light...
