News articles tagged with 'vapour' (Page 3)
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The light and dark of Venus
— 21 Feb 2008 15:01 | AstronomyVenus Express has revealed a planet of extraordinarily changeable and extremely large-scale weather. Bright hazes appear in a matter of days, reaching from the south pole to the low…
Scientists study 'plumbing' in plumes of Enceladus
— 8 Feb 2008 11:48 | AstronomyScientists on the Cassini mission have become out-of-this world 'plumbers' as they try to piece together what's happening inside the 'pipes' feeding the plumes of Saturn's moon Enceladus…
New mini-sensor may have biomedical and security applications
— 2 Nov 2007 11:10 | PhysicsA tiny sensor that can detect magnetic field changes as small as 70 femtoteslas - equivalent to the brain waves of a person daydreaming - has been demonstrated at the National Institute…
Water discovered on a giant extrasolar planet
— 12 Jul 2007 07:01 | AstronomyScientists report the first conclusive discovery of the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our Solar System. The discovery was made by analysing the transit…