Sentences with phrase «icy layer»

There are two layers - an external icy layer of 30 - 40 km, and an internal rocky core made up of silicates.»

All of these molecules stick to the surface of dust specks, accumulating icy layers over millions of years.

Ten days on, my curvy, hilly street is still mired in sooty, icy layers of snowpack.

The contrast between the fruity, creamy and icy layers, plus a bit of crunch from chia seeds and bee pollen is truly heavenly.

Because the gas would have remained frozen within the comet's interior unless exposed by the impact, that suggests the probe did penetrate some sort of icy layer — but perhaps one much different from what astronomers originally predicted.

The key factor in determining if a crack is going to occur is the strain rate, the rate of pull from another body that would have caused the moons to deform at a rate that the top, icy layer could not sustain — leading to cracks.

If these rays from the dying star were to wash over a once - frozen moon or exoplanet, the planetary body's icy layer would melt into liquid: setting the stage for life to form in a flowing ocean.

Forage down through the icy layers, and you're sure to come across one or two UFOs (Unidentified Frozen Objects) in bags, things you cooked in bulk and froze for a day when they might come in handy, if it weren't so hard to work out what they are.

The icy layers also hold particles — aerosols such as dust, ash, pollen, trace elements and sea salts — that were in the atmosphere at that time.