Search results for: oceans
Pluto may have an ocean over 100km deep
9-24-2016 |
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Scientists believe that the dwarf planet's interior may be filled with large quantities of liquid water.
Prehistoric 'vampire' microbes discovered
11-20-2015 | 3
750 million-year-old fossils have revealed evidence of a deadly microbe with vampiric tendencies.
Europa mission now one step closer to reality
VIDEO 6-18-2015 | 7
NASA has announced that it has reached a major new milestone in its upcoming mission to explore Europa.
Enceladus' ocean is similar to lakes on Earth
5-11-2015 | 8
The subsurface ocean on Saturn's moon is very similar to life-bearing salt lakes on our own planet.
NASA plans to send robotic eel to Europa
5-11-2015 | 19
An unconventional type of rover could be used to explore the oceans beneath Jupiter's icy moon.
Acid oceans blamed for worst mass extinction
4-12-2015 | 2
An extinction event known as the 'Great Dying' wiped out most of the life on Earth 251 million years ago.
Mars was once covered in vast oceans
VIDEO 3-6-2015 | 15
Scientists have revealed that Mars had so much water that it covered over half the northern hemisphere.
Venus once had carbon dioxide oceans
12-29-2014 | 4
Despite its hellish conditions, Venus may have once had its own version of Earth's oceans.
Ocean contains 5 trillion pieces of plastic
12-11-2014 | 36
The world's oceans have become a dumping ground for almost 270,000 tons of waste plastics.
Cassini spies sun glinting on Titan's seas
10-31-2014 | 13
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured images of sunlight glinting on Titan's hydrocarbon oceans.
Global warming slowdown could last 15 years
8-22-2014 | 97
Scientists believe that excess heat is currently being stored in the depths of the world's oceans.
Are oceans mandatory for life to develop ?
7-21-2014 | 21
A new study has concluded that an exoplanet requires a liquid water ocean in order to sustain life.
Huge 'ocean' discovered in Earth's interior
6-15-2014 | 59
A massive reservoir of water three times the volume of all the world's oceans lies 700km underground.
Ganymede may harbor ice and ocean layers
5-4-2014 | 6
The largest moon in our solar system could be home to a subterranean 'club sandwich' of ice and oceans.
Diamond rain may fall on Jupiter and Saturn
10-10-2013 | 14
The two largest planets in our solar system may be home to diamond rain and liquid diamond oceans.
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