23 August 2019
Energetic eruption helps astronomers peer deep within Jupiter's atmosphere
... after an energetic eruption on Jupiter,” said Imke de Pater of the University of California, Berkeley. The eruption was caused by a plume – a small bright cloud that marks the presence of a storm – breaking through the layered atmosphere and it was...
17 June 2020
NASA wants to visit Neptune’s weird moon Triton
...many unusual features. In addition to the retrograde orbit and icy plumes – a feature which on other moons is thought to be ... to see the rest, as well as taking a better look at the plume-rich area on Triton’s ‘dark side’ that Voyager 2 imaged as it ...
October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
... years. Saturn at equinox in August 2009. These plumes are powered by moist convection (i.e., the energy derived... system moved westward with the prevailing flow, material from the plume spread ‘downstream’ in an eastward direction, like a snaking ...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
...Phobos and Deimos, care must be taken to avoid kicking or pluming the surface with thrusters as this will propel surface material into ... move freely about the surface using jumps to avoid pluming the surface. The Spider Flyer/Walker undocks from the...
24 January 2020
New study suggests Enceladus' oceans more habitable than previously thought
... an interior more complex than previously thought. Water-rich plumes venting from the moon’s south polar region were first ... revealed the presence of silica, nitrogen and oxygen in the plumes – the latter two being organic compounds that play a key...
22 February 2019
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
... the next human lunar lander. The Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies will image the interaction between the lander engine plume as it hits the lunar surface. The Surface and Exosphere Alterations by Landers...
