Posts Tagged ‘moon’
Computer model explains Titan mystery
CALTECH (US) — A new computer model may explain the mysterious polar lakes, rainstorms, and clouds on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Continue…
Thursday, January 5, 2012 12:17 - 5 Comments
Science & Technology - Nov 23, 2011 12:14 - 2 Comments
Evidence of ‘great lake’ on Jupiter’s moon
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — In the search for life beyond Earth, scientists have made a potentially significant finding: A body of liquid water the volume of the North American Great Lakes locked inside the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 26, 2011 10:04 - 0 Comments
Moon hot spot is volcanic bull’s eye
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — A curious “hot spot” on the far side of the Moon is actually a small volcanic province with a surprising composition of lava that could force scientists to rethink the Moon’s volcanic history. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 23, 2011 12:36 - 0 Comments
Is Saturn moon hiding a salty ocean?
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Samples of icy spray ejected from a Saturn moon and collected by the Cassini spacecraft make a strong case for the existence of a subterranean saltwater ocean. (more…)
Top Stories - May 26, 2011 15:09 - 2 Comments
Moon water—and lots of it
BROWN (US) — There is water inside the moon—so much, in fact, that in some places it rivals the amount of water found within the Earth. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 22, 2011 15:44 - 0 Comments
Saturn-moon connection: It’s electric
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A northern lights-like aurora on Saturn is created by an electrical current between the ringed planet and one of its innermost moons. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 18, 2011 16:53 - 0 Comments
Out-of-this-world race for lunar prize
PENN STATE (US) — An international competition is pitting researchers from around the world in a race to build and land a vehicle on the moon. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 15, 2010 18:19 - 0 Comments
Saturn moon mountains taller than Everest
JOHNS HOPKINS / WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — A strange mountain range girding the equator of Saturn’s third-largest moon may have been formed not by geological forces but rather by the explosive breakup of an orbiting mini-moon, scientists suggest. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 22, 2010 11:20 - 0 Comments
Fly me to the icy moon
U. ARIZONA (US) — Frozen water just inches below the moon’s surface has been confirmed by an international team of scientists. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 20, 2010 11:07 - 0 Comments
Moon rocks of a different color
STONY BROOK (US)— Using data from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer, scientists have found previously unseen compositional differences in the crustal highlands of the Moon. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 24, 2010 10:54 - 0 Comments
Is the moon (still) shrinking?
CORNELL (US)—The highest-resolution images ever taken of the moon have revealed clifflike formations called scarps that suggest the lunar surface shrank within the last 1 billion years—and possibly more recently than that. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 3, 2010 16:11 - 0 Comments
No moon rings around Saturn’s Rhea
CORNELL (US)—Something unknown is causing a strange, symmetrical structure in the charged-particle environment around Rhea, Saturn’s second-largest moon. But contrary to 2008 reports, it’s not a system of rings. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 13, 2010 13:25 - 0 Comments
Why track Saturn’s ‘propeller moons’?
CORNELL (US)—Researchers have been tracking what are likely dozens of small moons orbiting within the outer edge of Saturn’s A ring—the outermost of the planet’s large, dense rings—searching for new clues about how planets form and grow around stars in young solar systems. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 11, 2010 13:49 - 0 Comments
Far-out rocky planet is volcanic wasteland
U. WASHINGTON—When scientists confirmed in October that they had detected the first rocky planet outside our solar system, it advanced the longtime quest to find an Earth-like planet. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 30, 2009 14:21 - 4 Comments
Saturn’s oblong orbit linked to Titan’s lakes
CALTECH (US)—The eccentricity of Saturn’s orbit around the sun may be responsible for the unusually uneven distribution of lakes over the northern and southern polar regions of the planet’s largest moon, Titan. (more…)
Uncategorized - Mar 6, 2009 12:27 - 0 Comments
Cassini maps weather on Saturn’s massive moon
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—The rippled sand dunes on Titan tell a story of wind and weather. After four years of data collection by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists have mapped the dune fields on Saturn’s largest moon. The results could prove significant for planning future Titan explorations that might involve balloon-borne experiments.
