07 July 2017
Unexpected large methanol find near Enceladus
...the south pole on Enceladus were shooting geyser-like supersonic jets of water vapour, other gases, and ice particles ...in the Solar System with ongoing deep-seated geological activity. The jets of water obviously need to come from somewhere, so it has...
06 November 2017
Enceladus more active than previously thought
... to explain the transport of hydrothermal products from the core to the plume sources and a mechanism to fuel the jets has so far eluded scientists, as an abnormally high heat power (greater than 20 billion watts) is required. Enceladus is thought...
13 April 2018
Air breathing rocket gets significant funding boost
...of engine that is unique in delivering the fuel efficiency of a jet engine with the power and high speed ability of a rocket. ...capable of Mach 5.4 in air-breathing mode, compared with a jet engine that can only reach Mach 3 – three times the speed...
13 July 2018
Neutrino discovery helps resolve a century-old riddle
...that has pinned down the location of a steam of neutrinos pouring out from a blazer; a powerful, energetic jet at the heart of an active galactic nucleus surrounding a supermassive black hole. Blazers are particularly bright by astronomical standards...
13 February 2019
Magnetopause makes Earth one enormous drum
...has shown that when struck by powerful impulses such as plasma jets, the protective magnetic bubble surrounding our planet sounds like a... drum-like oscillations after a strong isolated plasma jet slammed into the magnetopause. The data helped solidify...
04 March 2019
Does life grow like this elsewhere in the cosmos?
...life around hydrothermal vents is a team of scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California who have built their own ... Not only that but Cassini has already revealed that jets of icy particles which shoot out at about 800 miles...
