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Articles tagged: heavy metals

  • Comet 2I/Borisov, comets, ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), heavy metals, ʻOumuamua 19 May 2021 Scientists unexpectedly find heavy metal vapour in comets throughout our Solar System, and beyond

    ... Guzik from the Jagiellonian University in Poland. Both team’s finding are surprising as until now gases with heavy metal atoms had only been observed in hot environments, such as in the atmospheres of ultra-hot exoplanets or evaporating comets...

    • Comet 2I/Borisov
    • comets
    • ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT)
    • heavy metals
    • ʻOumuamua
  • aluminum-26, Ophiuchus cloud cluster, star formation, stellar nurseries, supernova 18 August 2021 New study sheds light on Solar System heavy metal problem

    ... formation is giving astronomers new insights into how the heavy metals that permeate our local cosmos got here. Studies suggest..., the hunt has been on to find out where these heavy metals came from, and two major mechanisms emerged; the injection of...

    • aluminum-26
    • Ophiuchus cloud cluster
    • star formation
    • stellar nurseries
    • supernova
  • Cassini Mission, Saturn, Saturn's hexagon, Saturn's rings 16 August 2021 Saturn's rings help reveal the planet has a "fuzzy" core

    ...classic core-accretion models”, the authors write in their paper published in Nature Astronomy. This gradual distribution of heavy metals in Saturn’s core - a scenario more inline with recent accretion models say the duo – constrains mixing processes...

    • Cassini Mission
    • Saturn
    • Saturn's hexagon
    • Saturn's rings
  • atmosphere, radiation, shielding, space crew November 2017 Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers

    ... are X-rays, which most of us are familiar with, and gamma rays. X-rays can be stopped by the atmosphere, by heavy metals such as lead, or by sufficient volumes of water. Gamma rays can also be halted by the atmosphere, by water and, for...

    • atmosphere
    • radiation
    • shielding
    • space crew
    Authors: L. Joseph Parker    
  • Archaean, M. sedula, Metallosphaera sedula, meteorites, prokaryote 09 December 2019 Metal-loving microbe prefers eating meteorites than earth rocks

    ... term known as chemolithostrop). So much so that its name can be roughly translated into “metal mobilising sphere.” Because of its unusually tolerant of heavy metals, M. sedula has already been experimented on in the lab, where scientists have grown...

    • Archaean
    • M. sedula
    • Metallosphaera sedula
    • meteorites
    • prokaryote
  • evolutionary chemical biology, extremophiles, panspermia, TARDIS February 2022 Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life

    ... and potentially lethal Other extremophiles can grow in the presence of heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, copper and zinc or ‘eat’ ...ethanol. Biomining uses microorganisms to remove insoluble metal sulphides and oxides and acidophilic strains such...

    • evolutionary chemical biology
    • extremophiles
    • panspermia
    • TARDIS
    Authors: Martin Braddock     Mykhailo Yatsiuta    
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