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...
March 2015
JAXA’s challenge to climate change
... of seasonal changes in the carbon balance of southern Amazonia, megacity CO2 fluxes, CO2 and CH4 ratios in wildfire plumes, and reduced carbon uptake during the 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer due to the heat wave in Eurasia...
July 2016
Plasma Crystals - from space research to medicine on Earth and back to space again
... (short duration plasma channels), the ionosphere (ionised by radiation from the Sun), discharges in sandstorms and in volcanic plumes, etc. Man-made plasmas can be simple everyday devices like neon lights, plasma screens in televisions, production...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
... shattered with the awesome roar and thunder of the powerful rocket as it climbed higher and higher on a yellowish plume of smoke. It was fire and thunder. Many were gathered on the terraces of the nearby buildings of the spaceport...
January 2018
Creating a viable cislunar economy
... Cabeus crater where a spent Centaur upper stage was crashed to examine the spectral content of the ejecta plume. Water content was measured in the 5-10 percent range. In addition, many asteroids, including NEOs, are thought to contain...
