Is There Water In Space
In space there s water water everywhere.
Is there water in space. Today on earth people across the globe will be reflecting on water for world water day. But liquid and frozen water are not limited to earth s closest neighbors in space. The ongoing search for water and life in space involves billions and billions of dollars miles and brain cells.
Water is a sphere in space. Even hellish venus may once have been lush with oceans. Astronomers expected water vapor to be present even in the early distant universe but had not detected it this far away before.
In astronomy remote sensing space astronomers have discovered the largest body of water so far known a reservoir of water floating in space around a ancient distant quasar holding 140 trillion. The blue color seen upslope of the dark streaks are thought not to be related to their formation but instead are from the presence of the mineral pyroxene. There s water vapor in the milky way although the total amount is 4 000 times less than in the quasar because most of the milky way s water is frozen in ice.
Kornmesser by mike wehner mikewehner. Scientists have found that water is prevalent throughout the universe or at least those parts we can explore but there are many remaining questions. Recently planetary scientists detected hydrated salts on these slopes at hale crater corroborating their original hypothesis that the streaks are indeed formed by liquid water.
As water is a dense and heavy substance it takes a lot of energy to propel it into space there is only so much a rocket can carry so the less water we send the more scientific equipment can be sent in its place. The truth about water is out there way out there. Although space probes in the 1960s found the surface of.
Water is precious on earth but even more so in space where all drinkable water must be transported from home or recycled. But if you go far enough out in space for instance onto the international space station gravity becomes negligible and the laws of physics act differently than here on earth.