12 December 2018
OSIRIS-REx discovers ingredients for water on Bennu
... of molecule made up from an oxygen atom bonded to a hydrogen atom that together form OH. Although not quite the formula for water... (that requires an additional hydrogen atom), these hydroxyls are suspected to exist globally ...
04 December 2019
Giant planet found orbiting a white dwarf for the first time
... dense star that once used to a glowing ball of burning hydrogen and helium. The three inner rocky planets will most likely be... to be unlike any of the others; it had traces of hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur – elements that are similar to those found...
30 December 2019
Will Betelgeuse go supernova soon? Probably not say some astronomers
... that Betelgeuse has been going through a period of mass loss and as such is no longer fusing hydrogen to helium in its core. Instead, hydrogen fusion is now occurring in a shell surrounding the core. Eventually, the helium ash in the core...
08 January 2020
New technique on finding oxygen could help find alien life
...and it tends to stick to other atoms with ease, such as hydrogen (H) to make water (H2O) for example. Although water and life ...’s surface, which is then broken down into atomic hydrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere when strong ultraviolet radiation ...
