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 ...
05 June 2020
Exciting exoplanet find around sun-like star
... also at the right distance to their host star for liquid water to be present on their surface – the essential ingredient ...stellar habitable zone – the distance range around a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet. “...
23 November 2016
Massive ice deposits found under the surface of Mars
... just don't know whether there could have been enough liquid water at some point for supporting microbial life," said Jack ...Laboratory, Pasadena, California. "We know early Mars had enough liquid water on the surface for rivers and lakes. Where did it...
22 June 2020
Icy Pluto may have started off hot with an early ocean
...have been relatively hot in the beginning and had a subsurface liquid ocean early in its development; a finding that has implications ... planets in the Kuiper belt, started off with liquid water oceans and some “will probably have undergone extensive ...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
... crater provides a similar environment and at both poles there is believed to be frozen water in the crater shadow regions which may provide a source for a liquid water supply chain. With one of the major roles of a lunar colony being to provide...
23 June 2021
Exoplanets with Earth-like biospheres may be rare
...a planet habitable for life as we know, such as liquid water and a decent non-toxic atmosphere, are long lost, ...see that if conditions are not right, such as a lack of liquid water or a toxic or thin atmosphere, then the chances of intelligent life...
