24 January 2020
New study suggests Enceladus' oceans more habitable than previously thought
... in the 1980s. Scientists had long suspected that the ocean below Enceladus's icy exterior could harbour the ingredients for... the potential to influence the CO2 chemistry of the ocean via low-temperature reactions involving silicates and carbonates at...
19 October 2020
Astronomers identify a true water-world that could have an ocean over 100 kms deep
.../radius calculations suggest that a staggering four percent of the planet’s mass is water, which could equate to a deep ocean layer of 779 (± 650) kilometres, write the team in their research paper published recently in Astronomy and Astrophysics...
January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
... - many of which are simply impossible to implement without the use of a solar sail. For example, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has expressed interest in placing a long-duration solar storm warning spacecraft closer...
February 2019
European system for global weather forecasting and climate change detection
... Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP). The Initial Joint Polar System (IJPS), shared by EUMETSAT and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), currently accounts for around 45 percent of the total error reduction on Day 1 forecasts...
August 2018
Monitoring marine litter by satellite
...into main areas of accumulation, in particular the gyres (areas of circulating currents) in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Recent estimates provide average concentrations of about 70 kg/km2 of plastics and of about 700,000 pieces/km2 in the...
November 2025
Unlocking the secrets of Europa
.... The few craters that do exist are particularly intriguing, as their distinct appearances hint that the subsurface ocean is influencing surface geology. Recent studies suggest that Europa’s surface is shaped by tectonic-like processes, driven by the...
