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...
20 May 2016
Evidence for massive Tsunamis found on Mars
... a big meteorite impact triggered the first tsunami wave. This wave was composed of liquid water. It formed widespread backwash channels to carry the water back to the ocean," said Alberto Fairén, Cornell visiting scientist in astronomy and principal...
28 August 2016
How habitable is Proxima b?
..., Spain, have modelled the radiation received over the planet’s lifetime to asses the planet’s ability to maintain liquid water on its surface. The team calculate that Proxima b currently receives 30 times more extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation...
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...
10 August 2020
Salty dwarf planet Ceres could be hiding an ocean
...surface. The leading explanation at the time for how briny liquid water was sloshing around below Ceres’ surface was put down ... source, in which the salts play a major role in preserving liquid in this heat-starved body, say the team. Ceres’ ocean ...
08 December 2021
Iron might be key for finding life on other worlds, new study says
... by which iron influenced the development of complex life forms. As far as we know it, for life to exist it needs access to liquid water. But another element crucial for cell functionality, on Earth at least, is iron. Cells use iron for DNA...
