25 August 2016
Earth-sized planet found around our nearest neighbouring star
... cool red host star every 11 days. This new world, designated Proxima b, has a temperature suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface, if it were present and is the closest exoplanet to us. Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star located...
13 March 2017
Europa Clipper: the official name of NASA's mission to Europa
...Solar System, is one that will study whether the salty liquid water under Europa’s icy crust is habitable or not. The...long had Europa in its sights, as the prospect of liquid water, coupled with specific chemical ingredients in its seas, could provide...
03 August 2018
Plate tectonics not needed for life, but UV light is
... enough light to activate the chemistry and could have liquid water on their surfaces. This zone is called the abiogenesis...results showed that stagnant lid planets can sustain conditions for liquid water for billions of years. Some as many as 4 ...
01 March 2019
New evidence of a planet-wide groundwater system on Mars
...Just last year, Mars Express found a pool of liquid water buried under the martian south pole. Now new evidence... author Francesco Salese of Utrecht University, the Netherlands. “We traced this water in our study, as its scale and role is a matter of...
19 October 2020
Astronomers identify a true water-world that could have an ocean over 100 kms deep
... inside the habitable zone. LHS1140b’s characteristics and location within a region where it could potentially have liquid water on its surface, flagged it up as a key target for further astrobiological research. Taking a keen interest in the system...
02 November 2020
Rare meteorite reveals evidence of water on Mars 4.4 billion years ago
...had surface liquid water at least 3.7 billion years ago during the Noachian epoch. But whether that water came from... of the planet possible, add the team in their paper. If water was available on Mars earlier than thought, it suggests it could be...
