25 September 2020
Salty water vapour provides clues to massive star formation
... further out in the star’s natal cloud than anticipated. However closer in, emissions of both sodium chloride and water vapour were detected. Sodium chloride is not a common molecule in the Universe says Tanaka, so this is only the second detection...
12 February 2021
Water vapour spotted escaping from Mars' atmosphere
... winds. The sodium chloride dust then reacts with molecules containing hydrogen to create hydrogen chloride. "You need...who added that the team observed a correlation between hydrogen chloride production and increased dust activity; a process linked to...
10 August 2020
Salty dwarf planet Ceres could be hiding an ocean
... turned out to be salt deposits primarily as sodium carbonate and their widespread nature prompted scientists to ...it has been detected beyond our planet. This hydrated sodium chloride mineral forms from salty water below the freezing temperature...
