20 August 2018
Galaxy should be teeming with water-worlds say researchers
... 500 degree Celsius range. Their surface may be shrouded in a water-vapour-dominated atmosphere, with a liquid water layer underneath. Moving deeper, one would expect to find this water transforms into high-pressure ices before we reaching the solid...
12 February 2021
Water vapour spotted escaping from Mars' atmosphere
... habitable. It is no secret that Mars is riddled with geological features that suggest liquid water once flowed across its surface. Now though, most of that water is either buried underground or locked up in the planet's ice caps. However, a recent...
22 June 2016
Does a subsurface ocean exist on Pluto?
..., new research shows this could be a sign that a liquid ocean is still present and sloshing around under its icy crust...fair share of controversy. “The possibility that you could have vast liquid water ocean habitats so far from the sun on Pluto – and ...
25 August 2016
Earth-sized planet found around our nearest neighbouring star
... cool red host star every 11 days. This new world, designated Proxima b, has a temperature suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface, if it were present and is the closest exoplanet to us. Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star located...
13 March 2017
Europa Clipper: the official name of NASA's mission to Europa
...Solar System, is one that will study whether the salty liquid water under Europa’s icy crust is habitable or not. The...long had Europa in its sights, as the prospect of liquid water, coupled with specific chemical ingredients in its seas, could provide...
03 August 2018
Plate tectonics not needed for life, but UV light is
... enough light to activate the chemistry and could have liquid water on their surfaces. This zone is called the abiogenesis...results showed that stagnant lid planets can sustain conditions for liquid water for billions of years. Some as many as 4 ...
