Tag Archive for 'Chlorine'

This global view of Io was obtained in January 1999 by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. Image credit: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona.

Study: Jupiter’s Moon Io Has Been Volcanically Active for All of Its History

Apr 24, 2024 by News Staff

Sulfur and chlorine isotopes in Io’s atmosphere indicate that it has been volcanically active for the entire 4.57 billion-year history of the Solar System. This...

This artist’s concept illustrates a Martian dust storm, which might also crackle with electricity. Image credit: NASA.

Electricity in Martian Dust Storms Could Be Major Driving Force of Planet’s Chlorine Cycle

Feb 20, 2023 by News Staff

Frictional electrification is a common process in the Solar System, with Martian dust activities known to be a powerful source of electrical charge buildup....

Hackmanite turns purple under UV irradiation, and the color fades back to white in a few minutes under regular white light. Image credit: Mika Lastusaari.

Natural Aluminosilicate Minerals Change Color Under UV Light

Jun 22, 2022 by News Staff

Hackmanite, tugtupite, and scapolite change their color from white to purple, pink, and blue, respectively, under UV irradiation, according to a team of...

Many technologies key to modern society are vulnerable to solar storms. Image credit: National Space Weather Program.

Extreme Solar Storm Hit Our Planet 9,200 Years Ago

Jan 27, 2022 by News Staff

During solar storms, the Sun expels large amounts of energetic particles that can react with the atmosphere of Earth and produce cosmogenic isotopes such...

Artist’s impression depicting the separation of the Schiaparelli module from the Trace Gas Orbiter, and heading for Mars. Image credit: D. Ducros / ESA.

Trace Gas Orbiter Detects Hydrogen Chloride Gas in Atmosphere of Mars

Feb 17, 2021 by News Staff

The source of hydrogen chloride (HCl) in the atmosphere of Mars is recent surface volcanism, subsurface magmatic activity, or aerosol chemistry occurring...

HiRISE camera view of Krupac crater on Mars featuring gullies along the rim and recurring slope lineae lower down the crater wall. Image credit: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona.

New Research Reveals What Causes Landslides on Mars

Feb 4, 2021 by News Staff

On Mars, seasonal features known as recurring slope lineae (RSL) are prevalent on Sun-facing slopes. Previous studies have suggested RSL are related to...

STM image (96 x 126 nm) of a 1,016-byte atomic memory, written to a passage from physicist Richard Feynman’s lecture ‘There’s plenty of room at the bottom.’ The various markers used are explained in the legend below the images. The memory consists of 127 functional blocks and 17 broken blocks. Image credit: F.E. Kalff et al.

‘Atomic Memory’ Device Uses Single Atoms to Store Information

Jul 19, 2016 by News Staff

An international group of researchers from Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands has demonstrated an atomic-scale memory device with a storage density of...

Barrow, Alaska. Image credit: Bob Johnston / CC BY 2.0.

Scientists Find High Levels of Atmospheric Molecular Chlorine in Alaska

Jan 14, 2014 by News Staff

A large multinational team of researchers has documented very high levels of molecular chlorine – as high as 400 parts per trillion – in the...