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...
02 February 2018
How a year in space affects your body
... hardening and thickening of the arteries). Research showed elevated inflammation biomarkers and a thickening of the carotid artery wall in Scott during and immediately after his mission, while no changes were observed in Mark. Despite these changes...
07 August 2019
Crater evidence points to a past mega-tsunami on Mars
... famous Chicxulub crater buried beneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, megatsunamis can form. In the case of Chicxulub, a wall of water 100 metres tall that would have reached all the way to Texas and Florida is expected...
15 January 2020
Rising sea levels pose threat to KSC
... Marine Resources Council and Assistant Professor of Ocean Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology, sand dunes and sea walls only protect against storm surges and do not address flooding from rising groundwater. “It's not just flooding...
