October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
... ammonia, and hydrogen sulphide. Some of these species are volatile and condense in the troposphere to form cloud decks, starting ...of these condensed cloud decks. This means that these volatile molecules are only seen in minute amounts above the ...
December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
... and use of water ice from lunar permanently shadowed regions. Rather than be transported to Earth, these polar volatiles will likely be utilised in situ for the development and maintenance of lunar habitats. However, commercial extraction of these...
04 April 2016
Astronomers have for the first time found gas-phase ammonia in a protoplanetary disc
...bearing species compared to water, which is the most abundant volatile in interstellar ices and cometary ices, is around 5 per... by a sufficiently high collision rate to release the volatiles. On the other hand, in the colder outer protoplanetary...
20 April 2020
New research shows interstellar visitor 21/Borisov is not your average comet
... appear when the object heats up near the Sun and volatile compounds on its surface are released as a gas. This...that the observed coma abundances represent the bulk composition of volatiles in 2I/ Borisov’s nucleus write Cordiner and colleagues in...
01 November 2021
Curiosity finds organic molecules in Mars sand dune
... (1,800 degrees Fahrenheit). As the rocks begin to bake, volatile gases are liberated which then get sent to SAM’s gas ...react with other chemicals first in order to become more volatile. By derivatising the molecules first, the compounds are more...
22 December 2021
Scientists present the first-ever analysis of samples retrieved from Ryugu
...a pristine, very dark and very porous rock with volatile-rich species that likely originated from the outer Solar ...salts and/or nitrogen-rich organics. Not only do these volatile-rich species support Ryugu having preserved both pristine material and...
