19 October 2020
Astronomers identify a true water-world that could have an ocean over 100 kms deep
... suggest that a staggering four percent of the planet’s mass is water, which could equate to a deep ocean layer of 779 (± ... benign planet with no discernible features except for lots of water and a far-off high mountain range. Those mountains turn...
02 November 2020
Rare meteorite reveals evidence of water on Mars 4.4 billion years ago
... evolving Sun, therefore making the early habitability of the planet possible, add the team in their paper. If water was available on Mars earlier than thought, it suggests it could be a natural byproduct of some process early on in planet formation...
03 May 2016
Martian Seasonal Streaks May be Caused by Boiling Water
... theory that seasonal dark lines on Mars are created by water. They had constructed models and simulated Martian conditions in an... on the study. "This process in which unstable boiling water causes grains to hop and trigger slope failures may underlie...
22 August 2018
Definitive evidence of water ice on the Moon's surface
... and Technology (SOEST), have been able to conclusively identify three specific signatures that definitively prove there is water ice at the lunar surface. "This was a really surprising finding," said lead author Shuai Li, a postdoctoral researcher...
27 September 2016
Astronomers observe possible water vapour plumes on Europa
... Spectrograph instrument detected what was thought to be water vapour erupting from the south polar region of Europa... would be the second moon in the solar system known to have water vapour plumes. The other is Saturn's moon Enceladus, which In 2005...
03 November 2021
Astronomers spot the most distant detection of water in a star-forming galaxy
...“Oxygen and carbon, in particular, are first-generation elements, and in the molecular forms of carbon monoxide and water, they are critical to life as we know it,” said Sreevani Jarugula, an astronomer at the University of Illinois and the principal...
