03 August 2020
Mars was cold and icy, not warm and wet, new study says
... ago. These prominent geological features can be seen here on Earth and are caused by long-standing surface liquid water eroding the ground over a substantial timescale. Finding these same characteristics on Mars further implies that if they...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
...-light nanocrafts powered by ground-based lasers may be a possibility The heat produced by the radioactive decay supported liquid water pools in a large number of comets in the solar system for the first several hundred million years and...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
... went through the toilet, which might sound disgusting, but it is purer than the water most people drink at home. Because liquid water, especially the scarce fresh kind, is an essential requirement for all life on Earth (right down...
07 October 2016
Proxima b may be be home to oceans, says CNRS
... not necessarily mean that Proxima b's surface is too hot" for water to exist in liquid form, said a CNRS statement on Thursday, October 6. "The planet may very well host liquid water on its surface, and therefore also some forms of life...
22 February 2017
NASA announces the discovery of first-ever exoplanet system with seven Earth-size planets
..., three of which are in the so-called Goldilocks zone – part of the system most likely to host planets with liquid water. The exoplanet system, named after the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) in Chile, is located...
15 July 2019
New study says silica aerogel could make Mars habitable
... insulate the Red Planet’s surface helping it to sustain liquid water all year-round while protecting it from harmful ultraviolet (UV)...at least. It is too cold and frigid to maintain liquid water and there is no ozone layer to protect from harmful ...
