20 August 2018
Galaxy should be teeming with water-worlds say researchers
...of around x1.5 Earth radius tend to be rocky planets, while those with a radius of x2.5 Earth radius are probably water worlds". "This is water, but not as commonly found here on Earth", added Zeng. "Their surface temperature is expected to be in the...
19 October 2020
Astronomers identify a true water-world that could have an ocean over 100 kms deep
..., the black hole featured in the film. Aside from a colossal wall of water that devastates anything in its path, could LHS1140b also be classed as a water-world in another planetary system? The evidence we have says so, Lillo-Box says on the...
09 November 2018
Leftover gas from the Sun's birth created Earth's water
... so far appear to be rocky bodies not significantly different from our own. If this is indeed how Earth became a water-world, they too could have collected hydrogen gas from their own stars' solar nebulas in the way...
11 December 2019
Water abundance lower than expected on exoplanets
... suggesting that our Milky Way could be teeming with water worlds, the hope of finding extraterrestrial life elsewhere got a...are seeing the first signs of chemical patterns in extra-terrestrial worlds, and we're seeing just how diverse they can be in ...
21 August 2019
InVADER robot to test technology for ocean world exploration
... spacecraft to probe it too. But once at this water-rich world, how will scientists go about studying what lies beneath?...been funded by NASA to test technology suitable for ocean world exploration. The InVADER project is a public/private partnership ...
June 2020
Titan’s evolving atmosphere
...south; a feature that is only possible on a slowly rotating world such as Titan. Meanwhile, the pole-to-pole wind circulation cell ... is expected to be the case for the other ‘water worlds’, Enceladus, Ganymede and Europa. Future exploration Much has ...
