A craft with this ability would need to rely on plant life being able to flourish in space
Space Exploration
Space Exploration
Space Exploration
Water has already been spotted on the surface of the asteroid Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has already spotted the signs for water residing in the asteroid’s surface
Solar System
More evidence arises for existence of Europa’s subsurface ocean
Computer modelling has shown a scenario that accounts for the surface subduction in the Jovian moon’s plate tectonics
Solar System
New evidence argues against water on Mars’ surface
As dark streaky features extend down the Red Planet’s slopes, scientists now believe it is due to the movement of sand grains and not subsurface water
Solar System
Liquid water could have flowed on a cold and icy Mars
New research shows it was possible for liquid water to reshape the undeveloped and glacial Martian surface
Solar System
Mercury’s poles likely to hold more ice than previously thought
Research over the past three decades has suggested that water is frozen on the first rock from the Sun
Deep Space
The making of TRAPPIST-1’s Earth-sized planets uncovered
The system has seven planets as big as our world that orbit close to their star
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Astronomers detect atmosphere around super-Earth
The exoplanet’s atmosphere could be rich in water and methane
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Subsurface ocean found beneath another of Saturn’s moons
Titan and Enceladus are already known to hide global oceans beneath their icy crusts, but a new study suggests a large body of water exists on Dione as well
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New Horizons Update: ‘Dead Sea’ ocean suspected under Pluto’s ‘heart’
A giant asteroid impact in the dwarf planet’s past offers new insights into the possibility of a 100-kilometre body of water beneath its surface
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Ancient Mars’ lakes formed much later than initially thought
Lakes and snowmelt-fed streams appeared roughly a billion years after a well-documented, earlier era of wet conditions
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No water at Mars’ seasonal streaks, orbiter finds
Seasonal dark streaks that have become one of the hottest topics in planetary science don’t hold much water
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Venus-like exoplanet could have oxygen atmosphere
New research suggests that GJ 1132b’s atmosphere has a thin wispy atmosphere baked to a temperature of around 450 degrees Fahrenheit
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Venus may have once been habitable, NASA says
The hostile world may have had a shallow liquid-water ocean and habitable surface temperatures
Space Exploration
VIDEO: Could you live in an ice house on Mars?
We could be one step closer to colonising the Red Planet with these habitats
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Spacecraft discovers canyons flooded with liquid methane on Titan
NASA’s Cassini has found deep, steep-sided ravines on Saturn’s moon, filled with organic materials
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Dawn gets first look into the interior of Ceres
Scientists have accessed powerful data that allows them to study the dwarf planet’s inner structure
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Modern Martian gullies not formed by abundant water, spacecraft finds
Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show that ravines on the Red Planet could be being made by carbon dioxide
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Water likely to have existed under Ceres’ surface
Astronomers are discovering more intriguing information about the dwarf planet
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Venus lost oceans to electric winds, spacecraft finds
A team of astronomers have discovered why water has been whisked away from Earth’s evil twin