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Mars Orbiter Indicates Mars Was Habitable
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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
has found an important mineral on the Martian surface that leads
researchers to believe the planet once was hospitable to life.
Researchers have collected even
more data on the possible existence of water on the Red Planet:
gullies created by flowing water, minerals that can only be created
with water, and several ancient lakes on the surface. Scientists
continue to research how and what kind of living things could have
lived on Mars.
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Posted by eddiew on Friday, December 19 @ 09:36:27 PST (797 reads)
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Posted by eddiew on Friday, August 01 @ 08:36:28 PDT (1818 reads)
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Update on Mars Phoenix Lander Scheduled for June 4
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06.03.08 -- PASADENA, Calif. - NASA and the University of Arizona,
Tucson, will hold a televised news briefing on Wednesday, June 4, at 11
a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT), to present the latest news from NASA's Phoenix
Mars Lander mission, which touched down on the Red Planet on May 25.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html
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Posted by eddiew on Wednesday, June 04 @ 10:38:34 PDT (1458 reads)
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Posted by eddiew on Wednesday, June 04 @ 10:37:14 PDT (1246 reads)
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Comet surprise makes it visible to naked eye
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A comet that unexpectedly brightened in the last couple of weeks and is
now visible to the naked eye is attracting professional and amateur
interest.
The comet is exploding and its coma, a cloud of gas and dust
illuminated by the sun, has grown to be bigger than the planet Jupiter.
The comet lacks the tail usually associated with such celestial bodies
but can be seen in the northern sky, in the constellation Perseus, as a
fuzzy spot of light about as bright as the stars in the Big Dipper.
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Posted by eddiew on Monday, November 05 @ 13:14:09 PST (2394 reads)
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Super hi-res camera reveals Mars water bleaching
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Yet more evidence of liquid erosion on Mars from the high resolution camera aboard the Reconnaissance Orbiter has further bullet-proofed claims that there was once water on Mars.
The findings, released on Thursday, reveal patterns of light and dark minerals around fractures in 3km-deep bedrock exposed to the surface of the Valles Marinaris by wind erosion. The Valles Marinaris extends the length of the US and is almost seven times deeper than the Grand Canyon in places.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/15/more_mars_water_evidence/
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Posted by eddiew on Friday, February 16 @ 13:53:03 PST (3105 reads)
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True Fakes: Scientists make simulated lunar soil
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NASA is returning to the Moon, but first NASA engineers would like to test designs for lunar landers and rovers on genuine lunar soil. Just one problem: There's not enough real moondust to go around. So scientists are making some "true fakes."
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/28dec_truefake.htm?list791148
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Posted by eddiew on Thursday, December 28 @ 15:27:59 PST (2665 reads)
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Evidence of water discovered on Mars surface: NASA
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Washington - US space agency NASA on Wednesday said it had discovered new evidence that water flows periodically on the surface of Mars, raising the possibility of life existing on the Red Planet.
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Posted by eddiew on Thursday, December 07 @ 23:00:00 PST (3568 reads)
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Posted by eddiew on Thursday, September 28 @ 15:14:35 PDT (2896 reads)
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Scientists decide Pluto’s no longer a planet
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Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight. The new definition of what is — and isn’t — a planet fills a centuries-old black hole for scientists who have labored since Copernicus without one.
Find out more at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14489259/
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Posted by eddiew on Thursday, August 24 @ 08:17:51 PDT (2779 reads)
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