April 2024
Terraformal dreaming
... we need to survive. Mars, on the other hand, “possesses oceans of water frozen into its soil as permafrost, as well as vast...stop using plastics, plant more trees, clean up the oceans, restore the rainforests, ban industrial farming, eat as little...
October 2024
Cinema and extraterrestrial archaeology
... the classic location of the sunken city in the Atlantic Ocean, proposed an extraterrestrial origin to the Atlantean. In the ... discover a gold statue at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean that points to the entrance of an underwater gallery leading ...
18 December 2015
Last look at geological activity on Enceladus before Cassini moves on
... Spilker. An artist’s rendering showing a cutaway view into the interior of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, suggested to have a global ocean and likely hydrothermal activity. A plume of ice particles, water vapour and organic molecules sprays from fractures...
23 December 2015
First new 'ground truth' in 40 years as Chinese rover Yuto presents analysis of moon rocks
...percent, and is an indication of when the early magma oceans first solidified. Titanium, like other minerals found in basaltic magma...Scientists are thus suggesting that late in the magma-ocean crystallization process, iron-rich pyroxene and ilmenite, ...
18 January 2016
Falcon 9 Launches Successfully, Though First Stage Landing Fails
...-sponsored spacecraft separately from the agency’s commercial cargo and crew programs. Jason-3 is the latest in a series of ocean monitoring satellites dating back more than two decades. The mission is a joint venture of several agencies in the...
27 September 2016
Astronomers observe possible water vapour plumes on Europa
... having to drill through miles of ice, should a future mission to the icy world get the go ahead. "Europa's ocean is considered to be one of the most promising places that could potentially harbor life in the solar system," said...
