Three lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan have pulled a vanishing act, a study finds. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/saturn-moon-titan-hydrocarbon-lakes4…
Tag: Atom&Cosmos/Planetary Science
Israel’s moon mission ends in failure
Israel’s first bid for a lunar landing has failed. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/israel-moon-mission-spacecraft-crash
Hayabusa2 has blasted the surface of asteroid Ryugu to make a crater
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft shot a projectile at Ryugu. Next: collecting asteroid dust from the probable impact crater left behind. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hayabusa2-blasted-surface-asteroid-ryugu-crater-dust
Metal asteroids may have once had iron-spewing volcanoes
Two groups of scientists introduce the idea of “ferrovolcanism,” or iron volcanoes, that could have occurred on metal asteroids like Psyche. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/metal-asteroids-may-have-once-had-iron-spewing-volcanoes