06 November 2017
Enceladus more active than previously thought
... with instruments more sophisticated than those used by Cassini in order to analyse the organic molecules found in Enceladus’s plumes. Hopefully by then, the new measurements will tell scientists whether the required conditions have been sustained...
14 July 2021
Phosphine gas on Venus points to volcanism not life, study says
... surface from deep within Venus’ interior by plume volcanism. Volcanic plumes on Earth are mixtures of volcanic particles, ...air that are produced by explosive eruptions. Material from the plumes can be injected to high levels in the atmosphere and ...
18 December 2015
Last look at geological activity on Enceladus before Cassini moves on
... could be the first tantalising signs of hydrothermal activity beyond Earth. To get a better look at the moon’s famous plumes, earlier in October, Cassini made a daring flight 30 miles (48 kilometers) above Enceladus' south pole to obtain the most...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
.... Mars Odyssey epithermal neutron map. Alignments of volcanic features in the southern hemisphere of Mars produced by migrating mantle plumes. MOLA context image (a) for the region where the Herschel crater is located and an unnamed crater at the...
07 July 2021
Methane detected on Enceladus could be a sign of life, study shows
...floor here on Earth. Stranger still, compared with the other plume ingredients, there was an excess of methane that couldn't ... on the escape rates of dihydrogen and methane in the plume. Interestingly, the team’s results suggest that Cassini's data is...
02 November 2016
How life on Mars might be 'sniffed out' by BILI
... agency develops it, it will be the first of a kind," said Blagojevic. It is envisaged that BILI will scan for dust plumes while attached to a rover’s mast, and once detected the instrument would fire its lasers into the...
