04 April 2016
Astronomers have for the first time found gas-phase ammonia in a protoplanetary disc
... that are much smaller than the potential ammonia ice reservoir of > 3.0 x 1028 g. Schematic illustration of the location of water vapour in the models of Salinas et al (2016) http://arxiv.org/pdf/1604.00323.pdf : (a) Compact photodesorption-layer...
December 2014
Motion capture
... from these technological developments. The main source of error in InSAR deformation measurements comes from the weather – water vapour in the atmosphere slows down the radar waves. Weather modellers are quite poor at predicting the precise...
October 2018
Could salty brines be the key to microbial life on Mars?
... Phoenix missions is that the ability of salts on Mars to liquefy into a brine (by absorbing water vapour from the atmosphere) provides the essential source of liquid water that would be needed for any potential biology within the shallow subsurface...
March 2021
Messier 82’s starburst magnetic highway
...has no significant effect on aerodynamics. The observatory flies at altitudes between 39,000 and 45,000 feet, above the water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere that blocks celestial infrared signals. SOFIA, a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace...
15 December 2021
ExoMars discovers large amounts of hidden water in Mars’ Grand Canyon
... special geomorphological conditions within the canyon that is preventing the water from escaping. It could also be accumulating even now due to the condensation of sparse water vapour from the atmosphere. “This finding is an amazing first step, but...
22 December 2016
Faint signals of water in the nearby Universe can now be detected by ALMA
... it should be abundant in the dusty disks where planets are believed to form, however, measuring water in space accurately can be tricky due to the water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere which can interfere with observations. The way in which ALMA's Band...
