05 March 2021
For the first time, organic materials essential for life have been found on the surface of an asteroid
... heating and dehydration, Itokawa has been sucking up water and organic materials from other extra-terrestrial sources, ...Chan says. Understanding the earliest chemical reactions involving liquid water is essential as it provides crucial insights to...
05 July 2021
Hope probe catches striking pictures of auroras at Mars
...years ago, Mars once had a thicker, warmer atmosphere that allowed liquid water to flow on its surface. It was kept in place by ...to have been generated by a dynamo effect, caused by molten liquid in its core revolving around a solid outer core, in the...
14 April 2023
Europe’s JUICE begins its long journey to Jupiter
.... Like Europa and Callisto, it is thought to have a liquid ocean beneath its icy shell. Speaking from the launch site, Josef... worlds - Callisto, Europa and Ganymede - hold oceans of liquid water at depth and ESA’s mission aims to establish whether the...
February 2016
Is Jupiter Really Our Protective Shield?
...be more like Venus with surface temperatures unable to support liquid water or life. While the Giant Impact model is being...Moreno, Slawomira Szutowicz, Geoffrey A. Blake (2011) Ocean-like water in the Jupiter-family comet 103P/Hartley 2, Nature, 478, ...
October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
... the total volatile content in the rock, is about 1 percent, which is higher than expected for lunar anorthosites, as no liquid water is present on the Moon to form hydrous minerals, but it is typical for terrestrial equivalents due to the presence...
04 January 2016
Researchers find a new way to calculate the pull of gravity at the surface of a star
... planet around it is the right size and temperature to have water oceans, and maybe life," said Matthews. Surface gravity depends on...the planet is neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist, can help constrain future exoplanet surveys in ...
