07 March 2016
Researchers show how water content in protoplanetary discs can affect planet formation
... of micrometre-sized grains leads to an overall heating of the disc, so that the water ice line moves further away from the star. An increase in the water fraction inside the disc, maintaining a fixed dust abundance, increases the temperature...
09 February 2016
Are Earth-like worlds built like Earth?
...gaseous ‘mini- Neptunes,’ rocky ‘Super-Earths,’ or indeed water worlds, thus adding to the uncertainty in planet structures. After..., its composition is about one-third ice (mostly water ice but also ammonia and methane ices). The next step will to be ...
05 November 2018
First global thermal map of Europa reveals curious cold spot
... suggests that beneath its icy crust an ocean of briny water is sloshing about, swirling around material that when paired with...location that has previously been reported as having the highest water ice abundance, but, adds the team, “it does not ...
27 February 2019
FarFarOut beats FarOut as most distant Solar System body ever seen
... like Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter, to have significant gravitational interactions with them. These far-flung balls of water-ice can therefore be good probes of what is happening in the Solar System's outer reaches. However, it is hard to put forward...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... as minus 200F at the poles. Mars also has a type of water-ice, which might be a source of rocket fuel, and there is a... as comfortable EVA spacesuits, and sustainable food and water systems. Also necessary are mobile exploration vehicles and ascent...
December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
... protection of the shared lunar resource pool are indisputable priorities. With respect to the particular case of lunar water ice, contamination of a large reservoir due to mistake or noncompliance could endanger the lives of any lunar residents and...
