Tag Archive for 'Water'

This is an artist's impression of a star's light illuminating the atmosphere of an exoplanet. Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Astronomers Detect Signs of Water on Five Exoplanets

Dec 4, 2013 by News Staff

Two teams of scientists using the Wide Field Camera 3 aboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have detected faint signatures of water in the atmospheres...

This is an artist's impression of a rocky and water-rich asteroid being torn apart by the strong gravity of the white dwarf star GD 61. Image credit: Mark A. Garlick, Space-art.co.uk / University of Warwick / University of Cambridge.

Astronomers Discover Water-Rich Asteroid Debris Orbiting White Dwarf GD 61

Oct 11, 2013 by News Staff

British and German astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory have detected the remains of an asteroid...

High-level water vapor influences weather and climate, according to a new study. Image credit: NASA.

Water Vapor in Stratosphere Influences Climate on Earth, Study Says

Oct 7, 2013 by News Staff

According to new research reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, water vapor changes in the stratosphere contribute to warmer...

NASA's Curiosity Rover. Image credit: NASA.

Curiosity: Martian Surface Soil Contains Two Percent Water

Sep 27, 2013 by News Staff

In five papers published today in the journal Science, scientists using the ChemCam, CheMin instruments, the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) and...

This artist's impression shows how Gliese 1214b may look as it transits its parent star. Image credit: NAOJ.

Super-Earth Gliese 1214b Has Water-Rich Atmosphere, Japanese Astronomers Say

Sep 5, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers from Japan using NAOJ’s Subaru Telescope have found that the extrasolar planet Gliese 1214b has a water-rich atmosphere. This artist’s...

Water-carved valley on Mars. The researchers have found that some of these valleys appear to have been formed by orographic precipitation - rain or snow that falls when moist air is pushed upward by mountain ridges or raised crater rims. The findings suggest that at least some of the water on ancient Mars fell from the atmosphere, rather than bubbling up from the subsurface (NASA)

Water-Carved Valleys Point to Ancient Snowfalls on Mars

Jul 24, 2013 by News Staff

According to a new study published online in the Geophysical Research Letters, some water-carved Martian valleys appear to have been caused by runoff from...

Billion year old sparkling water (J. Moran)

Scientists Find 1.5-Billion-Year-Old Pockets of Water in Canadian Mine

May 16, 2013 by News Staff

Researchers from Canada and the United Kingdom led by Prof Chris Ballentine from the University of Manchester have discovered ancient water pockets that...

Artist's rendering of the planetary system HR 8799 at an early stage in its evolution, showing the planet HR 8799c, a disk of gas and dust, and interior planets (Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics / Mediafarm)

Water Vapor, Carbon Monoxide Found on Extrasolar Gas Giant

Mar 15, 2013 by News Staff

A team of astronomers has made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere of a Jupiter-size extrasolar planet. Artist’s rendering of the...

Diamond particles (Jason Nadler / Uic.edu / Sci-News.com)

Researchers Create ‘Water’ That Can Corrode Diamonds

Mar 15, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Scientists from Singapore and Belgium have successfully altered the properties of water, making it corrosive enough to etch diamonds. Diamond particles...

Solar Wind likely Source of Lunar Water

Oct 16, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers from three U.S. universities has suggested that the most likely source of the water locked inside lunar soils is the constant stream...

Carbonaceous Chondrites as Source of Earth’s Water

Jul 16, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new study led by Carnegie Institution of Washington has suggested that most of the volatile elements on Earth – which include hydrogen, nitrogen,...

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