Where are the other most promising locations for extraterrestrial life in our solar system? Source: https://earthsky.org/space/et-alien-life-most-likely-worlds-solar-system…
Tag: volcano
Which insects have the worst stings?
Some of the most painful stings come from tarantula hawk wasps, warrior wasps, and bullet ants. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/which-insects-have-worst-painful-stings…
What Mars Would Look Like If Its Surface Was Covered With Water
schwit1 writes: A new map shows what the red planet would look like if 71 percent of its surface area was covered with water — around the same proportion as Earth. The results are spectacular: it shows two distinct landmasses forming, each of which would seem to form continents. While the left side shows a dramatic, mountainous terrain that includes Olympus…
Return of an extremely elongated cloud on Mars
A mysteriously long, thin cloud has again appeared over the Arsia Mons volcano on Mars. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/return-elongated-arsia-mons-volcanco-cloud-mars-july2020…
Looks like Venus has dozens of active volcanoes
“This study significantly changes the view of Venus from a mostly inactive planet to one whose interior is still churning and can feed many active volcanoes,” one scientist said. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/venus-3d-model-evidence-active-volcanoes…
Dozens of active volcano sites spotted on Venus for the first time
We know Venus had many active volcanoes in the past, but now researchers have identified 37 sites that could have seen eruptions as a recently as a million years ago Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2249401-dozens-of-active-volcano-sites-spotted-on-venus-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
A proposed new mission to Venus
The proposed VERITAS mission to Venus is one of the finalists for NASA’s Discovery Program. If selected, it will revolutionize our knowledge about the planet’s geology and how this formerly habitable world became a fiery wasteland. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/veritas-mission-venus-surface-interior-geology…
Nishinoshima volcano belches ash and lava
A young volcanic island in the western Pacific Ocean has been going through a vigorous growth spurt since mid-June 2020. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/nishinoshima-volcano-belches-active-june-july-2020…
How volcanoes explode deep under the ocean
Explosive volcanic eruptions are possible deep down in the sea – although the water masses exert enormous pressure there. An international team reports how this can happen. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/how-volcanoes-explode-erupt-deep-under-the-ocean…
Evidence for volcanic craters on Saturn’s moon Titan
Volcano-like features seen in polar regions of Saturn’s moon Titan by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft could be evidence of explosive eruptions that may continue today, according to a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Charles A. Wood and coauthor Jani Radebaugh of Brigham Young University. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-06-evidence-volcanic-craters-saturn-moon.html…