Water

Ganymede has a huge ocean of salt water

The search for habitable worlds continues to be at the forefront of scientists and we are getting more accurate and more frequent data. Now, according to data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, has an underground ocean of salt water and the amount of water is such that it even exceeds all the water that the Earth has on its surface. . The research has been published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.

Enceladus hides hot springs

The latest data collected by the Cassini space probe confirm that hydrothermal activity existed under the icy crust of Enceladus, one of Saturn's 60 moons. And this new information suggests the presence of an underground ocean, about 10 kilometers thick; a situation that had already arisen before, due to the ice with sodium salt that emanates from the cracks of Enceladus and whose origin is supposed to be from the liquid water reservoirs that are under that frozen layer.

Salt increases physical endurance

According to a study by Spanish researchers from the Camilo José Cela University who have analyzed the effects of salt on sports performance in triathletes, those who included this supplement in their usual hydration routines during competition took 26 minutes less to complete an average test distance than those who only drank sports drinks. And it is that maintaining an adequate balance of water and electrolytes (mainly sodium and chlorine) is essential for the proper functioning of all organs. Normally, most of us compensate for the daily loss of hydration with water and salts provided by food and beverages in our diet.

Earth's water does not come from comets

ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has discovered that the water vapor from the comet in which the Philae robotic probe, 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko, is found, is significantly different from that which exists on Earth. This finding, published in the journal Science, opens an important question about the origin of the oceans on our planet.

What is the deepest pool in the world?

The current Guinness Record for the deepest pool in the world corresponds to the so-called Y-40 The Deep Joy. It is located on the premises of the Hotel Terme Millepini, near the Italian city of Padua.

Earth's water formed before the Sun was born

Water, that element so important for the achievement of life, may be more widespread in the universe than scientists thought. Now, a new study by the Carnegie Institute in Washington (USA) concludes that half of the water in our solar system was formed long before the appearance of the Sun. This means that there may be water everywhere and there may also be life.

They detect water in the atmosphere of a small exoplanet

An international team of scientists led by exoplanet expert Drake Deming from the University of Maryland (USA), has detected water vapor in the atmosphere of an exoplanet that is four times larger than Earth (that is, similar to Neptune). , with a mass of 26 times that of our planet and located in the Constellation of Cygnus about 124 light years away.

What are clouds?

No, they are not water vapor. Not at all, outright lie. Or well, rather, it is a half truth.

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