Molecular Water Detected on the Moon
The conventional understanding that the Moon is completely dry has been challenged multiple times in the past. Samples collected by the Apollo missions showed up to a few thousand parts […]
The conventional understanding that the Moon is completely dry has been challenged multiple times in the past. Samples collected by the Apollo missions showed up to a few thousand parts […]
Earth is an ocean world with approximately 70 percent of its surface covered with water. In addition, a quantity of water equal to several Earth-size oceans is thought to be […]
At one point in its history, conditions on Mars allowed liquid water—and potentially life—to exist on its surface. Today, however, the temperature and atmospheric conditions on Mars make liquid water […]
The asteroid 4 Vesta is the second largest body in the asteroid belt and was visited by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft from 2011 to 2012. New observations recently published in the […]
Some impact craters near the Moon’s poles contain permanently shadowed regions, which never receive any heat from the sun. These areas act as “cold traps” for water ice to form and accumulate. However, […]
Researchers from Arizona State University (ASU) measured water content and hydrogen isotopic composition of samples of the asteroid Itokawa, returned to Earth by the Hayabusa spacecraft. This study, led by […]
Our understanding of lunar water has changed dramatically since a decade ago, when evidence of both internal and surficial water was first found on the Moon. The surficial water is thought to […]
In case you missed the press conference at the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting (Washington, DC) last week, the OSIRIS-REx team reported their initial scientific findings on arriving at the asteroid Bennu. […]
A new article, published in the journal Science this past Wednesday, reports the results of a radar study years in the making of the Mars south polar cap — the […]
Zurich, Switzerland, February 12-16, 2018 Topics: Water and… The ISM and protoplanetary disk Dust, ice and planetesimals Evidence from the meteoritic record Laboratory experiments Ice lines and disk dynamics Solar System […]
New findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars. Using an imaging spectrometer on MRO, researchers detected signatures […]
NASA laboratory experiments suggest the dark material coating some geological features of Jupiter’s moon Europa is likely sea salt from a subsurface ocean, discolored by exposure to radiation. The presence […]
As NASA missions explore our solar system and search for new worlds, they are finding water in surprising places. Water is but one piece of our search for habitable planets […]
There was no tape draped across a finish line, but NASA is celebrating a win. The agency’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity completed its first Red Planet marathon Tuesday — 26.219 […]
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first clear evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus exhibits signs of present-day hydrothermal activity which may resemble that seen in the deep oceans on […]
Protoplanet Vesta, visited by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft from 2011 to 2013, was once thought to be completely dry, incapable of retaining water because of the low temperatures and pressures at […]
If the icy surface of Pluto’s giant moon Charon is cracked, analysis of the fractures could reveal if its interior was warm, perhaps warm enough to have maintained a subterranean […]
Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres. Plumes of water vapor […]
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observed water vapor above the frigid south polar region of Jupiter’s moon Europa, providing the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting off the moon’s […]
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has resumed a trek of many months toward its mountain-slope destination, Mount Sharp. The rover used instruments on its arm last week to inspect rocks at […]