Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Not available on dice.camp.
dice.camp is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A Mastodon server for RPG folks to hang out and talk. Not owned by a billionaire.

Administered by:

Server stats:

1.5K
active users

dice.camp: AboutProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.4.2

#cryovolcanism

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Mikko Tuomi<p>Saturn’s largest moon, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Titan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Titan</span></a>, is particularly captivating for scientists.</p><p>It is known to host an <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/atmosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atmosphere</span></a> about 1.5 times denser than Earth’s and bodies of liquid on its surface.</p><p>But even such a large <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> lacks the mass to keep a tight hold on its atmosphere.</p><p>Now, new experimental research shows that the chemical compounds in Titan’s atmosphere could emerge from processes in its interior.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Cryovolcanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryovolcanism</span></a> replenishes its thick atmosphere.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/planets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planets</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a><br><a href="https://www.astronomy.com/science/cryovolcanism-on-titan-may-replenish-its-thick-atmosphere/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">astronomy.com/science/cryovolc</span><span class="invisible">anism-on-titan-may-replenish-its-thick-atmosphere/</span></a></p>
Mikko Tuomi<p>The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planet</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ceres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ceres</span></a> is probably of exogenic origin.</p><p>Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.</p><p>Instead, the dwarf planet's <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/cryovolcanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryovolcanism</span></a>, in which salty brine rises from the body's interior to the surface, is not responsible for the organic deposits.</p><p>These findings help to understand where and how <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/habitable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>habitable</span></a> conditions could have arisen in the solar system.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobiology</span></a><br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-dwarf-planet-ceres-material-space.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-01-dwarf-pl</span><span class="invisible">anet-ceres-material-space.html</span></a></p>
MPS Göttingen has moved<p>Dwarf planet <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Ceres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ceres</span></a> may have its origin in the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/asteroidbelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asteroidbelt</span></a>, <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/mpsgoettingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mpsgoettingen</span></a> scientists argue in a new paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. Yellowish bright material in <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/ConsusCrater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsusCrater</span></a> is rich in ammonium and connected to Ceres’ curios <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/cryovolcanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryovolcanism</span></a>, they find. More here: <a href="https://www.mps.mpg.de/dwarf-planet-ceres-origin-in-the-asteroid-belt?c=6775" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mps.mpg.de/dwarf-planet-ceres-</span><span class="invisible">origin-in-the-asteroid-belt?c=6775</span></a> Original paper: <a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JE008150" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co</span><span class="invisible">m/doi/10.1029/2023JE008150</span></a></p>
TrendingLive feeds
About