water worlds
Some Intelligent Civilizations Will Be Trapped on their Worlds
Evolution has produced a wondrously diverse variety of lifeforms here on Earth. It just so happens that talking primates with…
Saturn’s “Death Star Moon” Mimas Probably has an Ocean Too
A recent study published in Nature presents a groundbreaking discovery that Saturn’s moon, Mimas, commonly known as the “Death Star”…
Astronomers Calculate Which Exoplanets Are Most Likely to Have Water
Astronomers know of about 60 rocky exoplanets orbiting in the habitable zones of their stars. When they try to determine…
Astronomers still scratching their heads over population of ocean-world exoplanets
In a recent study submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters, an international team of researchers led by the University of…
Hubble and Spitzer Team up to Find a Pair of Waterworld Exoplanets
Using data from Hubble and Spitzer, an international team has discovered two new waterworlds in one system.
Mapping the Interiors of Meteorites to Learn how Earth got its Water
Locked within meterorites could be the key to understanding the origin of Earth's oceans. A new scanning technique could show…
There Could be as Many Water Worlds as Earths in the Milky Way
A new study has examined all the rocky planets around red dwarf stars and determined that "water worlds" are as…
Water Worlds Could Have Plumes of Nutrients Carried up From Down Below
Earth's oceans are one huge, uniform electrolyte solution. They contain salt (sodium chloride) and other nutrients like magnesium, sulphate, and…
Water Vapour has Been Discovered at Ganymede
Ganymede has been getting alot of attention lately. It was the co-star of a video from Juno recently, and now…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 501: Water Worlds Revisited
We're not learning that the vast majority of potentially habitable worlds out there are actually icy moons like Europa and…