New Study of Meteorite Provides More Evidence for Ancient Life on Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 17, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (43) | 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1996, when scientists examined a meteorite from Mars previously uncovered in Antarctica, they were intrigued by what looked like microscopic fossils of ancient Martian life forms. Now, ...

Earth's atmosphere came from outer space, find scientists

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Dec 10, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (29) | 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- The gases which formed the Earth's atmosphere - and probably its oceans - did not come from inside the Earth but from outer space, according to a study by University of Manchester and University ...

Life on Mars theory boosted by new methane study

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Dec 08, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (31) | 11

Scientists have ruled out the possibility that methane is delivered to Mars by meteorites, raising fresh hopes that the gas might be generated by life on the red planet, in research published tomorrow in Earth an ...

Absence of evidence for a meteorite impact event 13,000 years ago

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Dec 08, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (17) | 13

An international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have found no evidence supporting an extraterrestrial impact event at the onset of the Younger Dryas ~13000 years ...

Unusual meteorite found by time-lapse camera observatory

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Nov 05, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (15) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual meteorite with an interesting orbit has been tracked to the ground using a photographic observatory that records time-lapse images of fireballs traveling across the sky.

Latvian experts say meteorite crater was hoax (Update)

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Oct 26, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- Scientists investigating a large crater initially believed to have been caused by a meteorite said a closer analysis Monday revealed it was a hoax.

Meteorite from Sept. 25 fireball event recovered and presented

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 16, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (10) | 2

When Tony Garchinski heard a loud crash just after 9 p.m. on Friday, September 25 he didn't think much of it. That is, until he awoke the next morning to find the windshield of his mom's Nissan Pathfinder ...

Water Bears to Travel to Martian Moon, Test Theory of Transpermia

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Oct 13, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (14) | 22

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny microscopic creatures commonly known as water bears (also called Tardigrades), along with a few other life forms, will be sent to the Martian moon Phobos to test whether organisms can ...

Scientists work to free Mars rover Spirit

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Oct 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (11) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past several weeks, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory finished experimentation on methods to get the rover Spirit unstuck from its location near a plateau called Home Plate.

Astronomers capture spectacular meteor footage and images (w/ Video)

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Oct 07, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (12) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada have released footage of a meteor that was approximately 100 times brighter than a full moon. The meteor lit up the skies ...

Dinosaur-Killer was Soft on Algae

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Oct 02, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

The asteroid impact that many researchers claim was the cause of the dinosaur die-off was bad news for marine life at the time as well. But new research shows that microalgae - one of the primary producers ...

Scientists see water ice in fresh meteorite craters on Mars

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Sep 24, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (16) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are seeing sub-surface water ice that may be 99 percent pure halfway between the north pole and the equator on Mars, thanks to quick-turnaround observations from orbit of fresh ...

Space Hand-Me-Downs

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Sep 18, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (6) | 1

Molecules vital to life have been detected in outer space and isolated in meteorites and comets. Some of this material that rained down on Earth may have jump-started biology. If so, these space seeds also ...

Researchers make rare meteorite find using new camera network in Australian desert

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Sep 17, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (19) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered an unusual kind of meteorite in the Western Australian desert and have uncovered where in the Solar System it came from, in a very rare finding published today ...

Patterns in Mars crater floors give picture of drying lakes

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Sep 16, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 0

Networks of giant polygonal troughs etched across crater basins on Mars have been identified as desiccation cracks caused by evaporating lakes, providing further evidence of a warmer, wetter martian past.  ...