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Extra terrestrial life in our solar system?
Posted in Science on 12th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
At least ten planets, moons and dwarf planets have liquid oceans in our solar system and they may have at least microbial life.
150 billion cubic meters of water ice on Mars in glaciers covered by dust
Posted in Science on 10th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Studies have now calculated the size of the glaciers and thus the amount of water. It is the equivalent of all of Mars being covered by more than one meter of ice.
Water: There's so much of it in our solar system and beyond, says NASA
Posted in Science on 8th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Hunting for habitable worlds would mean looking for where there is water. However, the Universe may very well be awash with the stuff.
Aurora shift confirms Ganymede has an ocean
Posted in Science on 23rd Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Shifts in Ganymedes version of the Northern Lights suggest that a saltwater ocean lurks beneath the icy crust of Jupiters largest moon.
Best views yet of Mercury's ice-filled craters
Posted in Science on 18th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Scientists have obtained the most detailed views yet of ice deposits inside the permanently shadowed craters at Mercury's north pole.