Sentences with phrase «on rocky waters»

Friendships are in the balance, new relationships are on rocky waters, and it all plays out naturally and hysterically.

Not exact matches

I mourn for the ones that will never know the magic of playing mermaids by an old lake shore, drawing out elaborate sagas of the life aquatic on the rocky beach, slipping in and out of water, convinced of a glittery tail.

Mr Adda briefed Parliament on the UN target goal of «Water for All», claiming that Ghana's targets still remain «rocky and arduous».

The MARSIS radar, which will soon be deployed on Mars Express, should be able to detect underground liquid water but may have trouble differentiating between ice and rocky soil.

Astronomers announced today the discovery of an extraordinary planetary system: seven Earth - sized planets that could all have liquid water on their rocky surfaces.

Still, Chapman says, he would not be surprised to see water ice on asteroids, adding that the distinction between comets, traditionally considered to be icy, and asteroids, which have been largely thought of as rocky, is becoming increasingly blurred.

So Proxima b's 11 - day year exposes it to two thirds as much starlight as Earth — enough to place the planet in the middle of its star's «habitable zone,» a temperate circumstellar region where liquid water and life could conceivably exist on a rocky world's surface.

San Francisco State University astronomer Stephen Kane and an international team of researchers have announced the discovery of a new rocky planet that could potentially have liquid water on its surface.

Until recently, that rule led scientists to think only in terms of places just like home: temperate, rocky planets with bodies of liquid water on their surfaces.

It can not tell us if the planets are rocky, have oxygen in their atmosphere, or hold liquid water on their surface.

From those densities, they estimate that the fourth planet out from the star, known as TRAPPIST - 1e, is the rockiest of the seven and the most Earth - like, with the possibility of liquid water on its surface.

Among the new additions to the catalog are several small, probably rocky planets that reside in the habitable zone — at a distance from their star that allows liquid water to exist on their surface.

To qualify as potentially life - friendly, a planet must be relatively small (and therefore rocky) and orbit in the «habitable zone» of its star, which is loosely defined as a location where water can exist in liquid form on a world's surface.

But in many instances, the simulations show, even planets starting with rocky cores as little as 1.5 Earth's mass may trap and hold atmospheres containing between 100 and 1000 times the amount of hydrogen found in the water in Earth's oceans — thick, dense envelopes exerting pressures so hellish that life on the planets» surfaces might be almost impossible.

Most of the images from Rosetta have been in black & white, so these colour ones are a nice change and show incredible detail, including patches of water ice on the rocky surface.

In 2009, scientists discovered that the exoplanet Gliese 581d had the potential to support water on its rocky surface.

The habitable zone is the distance from any star at which it's not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to exist on a hypothetically rocky world.

In 2003, astronomers at the University of Texas at Arlington performed refined calculations to determine that the habitable zone around 47 Ursae Majoris, where an inner rocky planet (with suitable mass and atmospheric gas composition and density) can have liquid water on its surface, lies between 1.05 and 1.83 AUs of the star.

Then NASA's Kepler mission launched and discovered thousands of rocky planets orbiting stars, some of which are at a distance from their parent star where liquid water could exist on the surface.

According to calculations performed for the NASA Star and Exoplanet Database, the distance from 41 Arae B where an Earth - type rocky planet may have liquid water on its surface has been estimated to be between 0.593 and 1.176 AU — between the orbital distances of Mercury and Earth in the Solar System.

A world with an iron core, rocky mantle and enough water on the surface to create liquid water oceans that could support life.

Since K2 - 18b is likely rocky, this means the planet could have liquid water on its surface, which is one of many conditions for supporting life.

This hydrogen could be a byproduct of chemical reactions going on between the moon's rocky core and the warm water surrounding it.

According to calculations performed for the NASA Star and Exoplanet Database, the distance from Ross 128 where an Earth - type rocky planet may have liquid water on its surface has been estimated to be between 0.06 and 0.11 AU — well within the orbital distance of Mercury in the Solar System.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 17, 2014 — San Francisco State University astronomer Stephen Kane and an international team of researchers have announced the discovery of a new rocky planet that could potentially have liquid water on its surface.

The weights are rudimentary and the equipment is rugged, constantly exposed to the elements, sitting on the rocky cliffs just above the shoreline, with magnificent views of the water.

John If there were ever a good place to test the new KEEN Whisper water sandals, it's my mom's camp in northwestern Vermont, on the rocky shores of Lake Champlain.

If there were ever a good place to test the new KEEN Whisper water sandals, it's my mom's camp in northwestern Vermont, on the rocky shores of Lake Champlain.

Clean food and pristine water fuel the car, allowing it to run smoothly on the rocky roads of life.

Kelsey says, This golden maternity session took place on Whidbey Island where the rocky cliff edges of deception pass meet the mysterious waters.

Crashing waves, rocky coastline and some of the bluest and clearest water on the west coast away you!

The movie opens with an eye - catching, dreamy image, as the camera cranes down from fireflies against sky to a woman standing on a rocky shore, a boat floating in the water.

The water may not be very deep, nor the shore very far away, but reaching safety for a young woman (Blake Lively) stranded on a rocky outcrop still means having to brave the dangers of an encircling shark.

The climactic scenes take place on the beach itself which is a long thin rocky strip of land between two bodies of water in Dorset.

We come to like and understand this couple — that is, until their relationship hits rocky waters on their wedding night.

Were you turned off by hiking as a child because you were led on a forced march over rocky terrain in your Converse sneakers and without enough snacks or water to help keep you going?

These thoughts are based on my own experience navigating the rocky waters in pursuit of financial independence.

Sand on the beach is deep, and the shore is rocky, but once out in the water there are fish right away to see snorkeling.

Surrounded by crystal clear azure waters on all sides that are often visited by orcas and gray whales, the islands are ideal for rugged nature photography from either their forested shores or rocky peaks.

Iceland has its own extreme formula driving course where the motor sport competition demonstrate their no fear philosophy by doing flying leaps over rocky gullies, spinning with break neck abandon over lava beds, race through mud and water, and do dare devil antics on narrow tracks that cut vertically straight through the walls of dirt and gravel ridges.

The only oceanfront vacation rental on the Samujana estate, this luxury villa is just steps from the rocky shoreline and expanse of turquoise water.

Although sandy beaches are hard to find on this rocky coastline, seafront promenades and high - quality diving and water sports are among the most popular ways to enjoy the crystal clear Mediterranean waters.

Join a hiking tour along the rocky Cilento coast or embrace the variety of water - sports that can be found on Italy's wonderful alpine lakes.

The Soccoro Islands offer little in the way of shallow sites or colorful corals and the emphasis is on the larger marine life that congregates near the rocky slopes and pinnacles that rise from the deep water.

They favor near - shore coastal waters and are often seen on rocky islands, sandy beaches, mudflats, bays, and estuaries.

We loved watching the big sea turtles coming out of the water through the day to rest on the rocky beach just below our deck.

The beach itself is great to walk on... a nice sandy strip for about a quarter mile, but difficult for swimming and paddle boarding given the rocky surface below the water line.

14 of the holes at La Cana overlook the water and the scenery is dramatic at every turn - the course is built on a rocky peninsula.

Perched high on a rocky cliff looking down on the pale blue Caribbean waters below, I had a sense of privacy even though my neighbors are quite close and the walls consist of floor to ceiling windows slightly obscured by woven wood coverings.

Reaching 115 feet into the sky, Point Arena Lighthouse stands sentinel on a rocky promontory, surrounded by water on three sides.