06 April 2020
Planets can form second atmospheres rich in CO, new study shows
... is a more favourable and efficient method for accreting volatiles on a terrestrial planet than if it was bombarded my comets and meteorites, say the team - a situation that many think was responsible for delivering large amounts of water and...
21 August 2020
A small air leak has been found on the International Space Station, says NASA
... station. The 2 millimetre hole in the Soyuz hull was eventually attributed to human error rather than a micro-meteorite impact, although a final determination of the cause was never publicly made. The method for sealing the...
25 September 2020
Salty water vapour provides clues to massive star formation
... compounds, released by the destruction of dust particles in a hot and dynamic disk, aligns well with investigations into meteorites which also indicates that the proto-Solar System disk experienced high temperatures causing dust particles...
26 October 2020
Scientists detect molecular water and cold ‘water traps’ on the Moon
... and may be more widely distributed than thought. They also state that as water is lost easily to micro-meteorite impacts and the breakdown of H2O molecules by ultraviolet light, the detection of water within the micro cold...
06 November 2020
The Moon could have a long-lost "twin" in orbit around Mars
... Apostolos and team, there is a chance that 101429 is just another asteroid, similar perhaps to ordinary chondrite meteorites, that became lunar-like in composition through millions or billions of years of space weathering. Alternatively, the object...
05 March 2021
For the first time, organic materials essential for life have been found on the surface of an asteroid
...asteroids. This is because S-type (stony) asteroids, the type which gives rise to the most popular type of meteorite found on Earth – chondrites – typically have low organic contents. As such, studying the organic make-up of chondrites is challenging...
