Sentences with phrase «glassy particles»

HD 189733b This «hot Jupiter» was found long ago, but last year, the Hubble Space Telescope revealed that it is blue, the result of light - scattering glassy particles in its scorching, whirling atmosphere.

Whiffs of chemicals found in rocket fuel, a dark pyramid that resembles rare volcanic rocks on Earth and glassy particles bearing traces of water are among the Curiosity rover's finds in its first chemical investigation of Martian dirt.

Not exact matches

At both sites, they found a sparse sprinkling of cryptotephra, microscopic particles of glassy volcanic rock.

MIT's battery contains a vast number of microscopic particles that have a lithium center and a glassy phosphate coating.