January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
... to carve Valles Marineris. With a volume of 9.85 million cubic kilometres, Valles Marineris is the largest canyon on Mars.But if water was not capable of carving it out, what was? Lava. Nonetheless, it still means that 98.5 million cubic kilometres...
February 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
...or recently launched. Following the successful Hayabusa mission, Hayabusa-2, launched in November 2014, will perform a sample return of a water-rich asteroid. The OSIRIS-REx mission to be launched later in 2016 was selected under NASA’s New Frontiers...
26 October 2020
Scientists detect molecular water and cold ‘water traps’ on the Moon
...airborne telescope known as SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) are cementing our understanding of water on the Moon. Previously, water ice in the form of OH (hydroxyl) locked in lunar regolith had been detected, but now research...
31 August 2020
"Dry" meteorites unlock the origin of Earth's water
...originated in the outer Solar System delivered the vast amounts of water engulfing our planet during a period of bombardment early in ...to avoid being biased by the input of terrestrial water." Their results show that the rocks contain sufficient ...
17 March 2021
Like Venus, ancient water on Mars is trapped in its crust, new study says
...of ancient hydrated minerals whose formation certainly decreased water availability over time," says co-author Bethany Ehlmann...Keck Institute for Space Studies. This vast retention of ancient water, which could equate to as much as several oceans' ...
26 February 2018
More water on the Moon than previously thought
... previous studies. "We find that it doesn't matter what time of day or which latitude we look at, the signal indicating water always seems to be present," said Joshua Bandfield, a senior research scientist with the Space Science Institute in Boulder...
