Sentences with phrase «pockets of liquid water»

Analysis of data also shows that Ceres has a water - ice mantle surrounding a rocky core, and that there may still be at least pockets of liquid water beneath the surface, raising the prospect of potential habitability for microorganisms, as seemingly unlikely as that may sound for a world so far from the Sun.

Life is extremely unlikely to exist in these subsurface regions of Mercury, however, as pockets of liquid water would be very small, says Gregory Neumann of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, a lead author on a second paper.

Blankenship thought the warm ice would melt some of the ice above it as it ascended, leaving pockets of liquid water within the shell.

Instead, based on what he had seen in ice shelves on Earth, he guessed the warm plumes would melt the ice above them, creating pockets of liquid water embedded within the shell.

If perchlorates are widespread on Mars at high concentrations, then pockets of liquid water might also be widespread below the planet's surface.

Not exact matches

Schimdt has found evidence that warm ocean currents and convective forces beneath Europa's frozen shell can cause large blocks of ice to overturn and melt, bringing vast pockets of water, sometimes holding as much liquid as all of the Great Lakes combined, to within several kilometers of the moon's icy surface.

The normal, microscopic imperfections — holes, gaps and voids — on the surfaces of everything from industrial boilers to pots and pans create pockets where air is trapped and liquid water can become steam.

Solving the Puzzle The simple assumption was that any pockets of warm, liquid water would drain downward through the ice and refreeze, but Schmidt had read enough studies to know that would not happen on Europa — the ice below was so thick it was virtually impermeable.

The surface of the red planet is bone dry, but several studies have shown liquid water may once have flowed on Mars and could still exist in pockets below the surface.