water in space

Scientists find liquid water inside a meteorite, revealing clues about the early solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 18, 2021
Scientists have spotted water in a primitive meteorite, expanding our understanding of the ancient solar system.

By David Aragorn
Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus has fresh ice in unexpected place 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 22, 2020
Enceladus may be even more interesting than we thought.

By David Aragorn
NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor on Europa 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 21, 2019
Forty years ago, a Voyager spacecraft snapped the first closeup images of Europa, one of Jupiter’s 79 moons. These revealed brownish cracks slicing the moon’s icy surface, which give Europa the look of a veiny eyeball. Missions to the outer solar system in the decades since have amassed enough additional information about Europa to make it a high-priority target of investigation in NASA’s search for life.

By David Aragorn
Tons of Water in Asteroids Could Fuel Satellites, Space Exploration 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 2, 2019
When it comes to mining space for water, the best target may not be the moon: Entrepreneurs’ richest options are likely to be asteroids that are larger and closer to Earth.

By David Aragorn
Water detected on an exoplanet located in its star’s habitable zone 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 12, 2019
Ever since the discovery of the first exoplanet in the 1990s, astronomers have made steady progress towards finding and probing planets located in the habitable zone of their stars, where conditions can lead to the formation of liquid water and the proliferation of life.

By David Aragorn
Atmosphere containing water detected around rocky exoplanet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 13, 2017
An Earth-sized planet orbiting a dim star 39 light years away has a hazy atmosphere that could indicate the presence of a “water world”.

By David Aragorn
Mercury’s Water Ice Deposits Have a Mysterious Origin 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 16, 2017
New analysis of observations made by NASA’s MESSENGER mission reveal where the solar system’s innermost planet’s water ice is but not where it’s from.

By David Aragorn
Water spotted in the atmosphere of nearby hot Jupiter exoplanet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 9, 2017
A FARAWAY world is steaming. Astronomers have found water vapour in the atmosphere of an exoplanet called 51 Pegasi b — and achieved the feat using a brand new technique.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Discover The Oldest, Largest Body Of Water In Existance – In Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 3, 2016
Around a black hole 12 billion light years away, there’s an almost unimaginable vapor cloud of water—enough to supply an entire planet’s worth of water for every person on earth, 20,000 times over.

By David Aragorn