... the UK, is not thought to be jettisoned directly from Enceladus’s oceans but is a result of the chemical transformation of material spewed by ...icy moons in our outer Solar System could host oceans of liquid water and ingredients for life have sparked...
... isn't just a key to solar system science - it's a whole keyring: a captured Kuiper Belt object that evolved, a potential ocean world with active plumes, an energetic ionosphere and a young, unique surface,” Mitchell concludes. Trident is one of four...
... on the surface of an icy satellite is difficult. Further more, their origin on Rhea would require the presence of an internal ocean layer or exogenic delivery by micro-meteoroids and/or asteroids that contain chlorine. Chlorine-based salts have been...
...icy moon appears to be producing too much methane in its ocean – a sign that could indicate microbes are feeding on vents...Obviously, we are not concluding that life exists in Enceladus' ocean," Ferriere says but we can't discard the 'life hypothesis' ...
... billion (£1.4 billion) mission, is not seeking to detect actual life but it could help determine whether conditions on hidden oceans on each of the moons have at least a chance of supporting simple microbial organisms. The Ariane 5 launcher did not...
... of State John Hay once famously said: “The Mediterranean is the ocean of the past, the Atlantic is the ocean of the present, and the Pacific is the ocean of the future.” And over time the global economy has expanded...