19 July 2016
Gravity waves on Venus create 'fountain of Aphrodite'
...-rich air to the surface of the cloud layer, creating both the observed 'fountain' and an extended downwind plume of vapour. "We've known for decades that Venus' atmosphere contains a mysterious ultraviolet absorber, but we still don't know...
19 October 2016
Success for TGO orbit insertion and its looking good for Schiaparelli too
... timeline, Schiaparelli should have switched off its thrusters to avoid touching the surface with the heat plumes from the thrusters, or hitting a rock on the surface while the engines are still on. After the thrusters...
22 September 2017
OSIRIS-REx makes closest Earth approach today
... same velocity as Bennu – around 63,000 mph. A survey to map Bennu’s geological properties, as well as a search for asteroid plumes and natural satellites will start from October 2018 and last for at least a year. Following its...
08 June 2018
Curiosity discovers ancient organic molecules on Mars
... and drop in the winter every year. This in stark contrast to previous detections which showed large, unpredictable plumes deposited in the atmosphere. "This is the first time we've seen something repeatable in the methane story, so it offers...
25 July 2018
Radiation on Europa dictates where search for life begins
... to visit the ice world to search for life were pushed to the forefront. And when water-vapour plumes shooting out from the bottom of canyons on the moon’s south pole were discovered by the Cassini spacecraft...
24 June 2019
Unusually high methane spike detected by Curiosity
... different space organisations might help Curiosity again in helping to at least to locate the source of this possible transient plume.
