Boiling water on Mars could make the planet's sand levitate
26 October 2017
In Martian summer, the combination of warm temperatures and a thin atmosphere make any liquid water on the surface boil, which can let dust hover across the ground
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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart
17 October 2017
The gravity from seven of its moons stops Saturn’s bright outer ring from spreading out and dispersing into space, according to Cassini spacecraft measurements
Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water
31 August 2017
Water on the planets nearest the TRAPPIST-1 star would be destroyed by UV radiation but it could survive on the cooler worlds in the habitable zone
Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron
2 August 2017
A planet nearly double the size of Jupiter and 900 light years away has a glowing stratosphere and an atmosphere hot enough that iron there exists as a vapour
