Rotation in planetary atmospheres plays an important role in regulating atmospheric and oceanic heat flow, cloud formation and precipitation. Using the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) three dimension General […]
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Posted inWater/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Seafloor Hot Springs Significant Source of Iron in Earth's Oceans
At the bottom of the sea, volcanic and magmatic forces create hot springs that spew super-heated water into the deep ocean. Hot, acidic water scours metals from Earth’s crust, and […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Giant Comet-like Tail Discovered on Small Exoplanet
The prospect of finding ocean-bearing exoplanets has been boosted, thanks to a pioneering new study. An international team of scientists, including from the University of Exeter, has discovered an immense […]
Posted inPress Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
No Limit to Life in Deep Sediment of Ocean's Deadest Region
“Who in his wildest dreams could have imagined that, beneath the crust of our Earth, there could exist a real ocean…a sea that has given shelter to species unknown?” So […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
The Persistence of Oceans on Earth-like Planets: Insights from the Deep-Water Cycle
In this paper we present a series of models for the deep water cycle on super-Earths experiencing plate tectonics. The deep water cycle can be modeled through parameterized convection models […]
Posted inEnceladus, Icy Worlds, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Cassini and Deep Space Network Detect Ocean Inside Enceladus
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft and Deep Space Network have uncovered evidence Saturn’s moon Enceladus harbors a large underground ocean of liquid water, furthering scientific interest in the moon as a potential […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Lobster-Shaped Extrasolar Oceans
Alien planets circling the most common stars in the universe may often have strange lobster-shaped oceans on their surfaces, researchers in China now say. What the day side of a […]
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New Evidence for a Martian Ocean
Scientists studying data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have discovered new evidence that Mars may have once had a vast ocean on its surface. The research team spotted an ancient […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Evidence for Iron-Rich Ancient Ocean Changes View of Earth’s Early History
Over the last half-billion years, the ocean mostly has been full of oxygen and teeming with animal life. But earlier, before animals evolved, oxygen was harder to come by. Now […]