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NASA celebrates 30 years of Mars research
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 21, 2006 |
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NASA will host a Thursday symposium titled "Mars: Past, Present and Future" at the space agency's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
Scientists determine Viking trade routes by the metal in their swords
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington have worked with the Wallace Collection to analyse the contents of Viking swords - and the results shed new light on trade routes in the middle ...
Unravelling the Northwest's Viking past
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Feb 08, 2008 |
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The blood of the Vikings is still coursing through the veins of men living in the North West of England — according to a new study which has been just published.
Researchers retrieve authentic Viking DNA from 1,000-year-old skeletons
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May 28, 2008 |
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Although “Viking” literally means “pirate,” recent research has indicated that the Vikings were also traders to the fishmongers of Europe. Stereotypically, these Norsemen are usually pictured wearing a horned helmet but in ...
NASA's Marks 30th Anniversary of Mars Viking Mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2006 |
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Thirty years after the first successful landing on Mars by NASA's Viking spacecraft, the ambitious mission continues to evoke pride and enthusiasm for future space exploration.
Vikings did not dress the way we thought
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Vivid colors, flowing silk ribbons, and glittering bits of mirrors - the Vikings dressed with considerably more panache than we previously thought. The men were especially vain, and the women dressed provocatively, ...
2 Viking finds in Norway, Sweden
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 31, 2006 |
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Norwegian archaeologists have found a Viking farmer buried with horse, sword, spear and shield near Trondheim.
Bodies from Viking ships to be exhumed
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Jun 11, 2007 |
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Scientists in Norway plan to exhume three bodies found in the country's most famous Viking ship burials because they fear the remains may be disintegrating.
Viking mice tell tales of British Isles
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Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The humble house mouse can tell us a lot about the history of colonisation on the British Isles according to research published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological ...
NASA Mars Orbiter Photographs Spirit and Vikings on the Ground
Dec 05, 2006 |
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New images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show three additional NASA spacecraft that have landed on Mars: the Spirit rover active on the surface since January 2004 and the two Viking landers that successfully ...
Father-son team find Roman Briton remains
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 23, 2007 |
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The skeleton of an ancient Roman Briton apparently with some social standing was found by two men who previously unearthed a $2 million Viking treasure.
NASA revisiting life on Mars question
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2006 |
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NASA scientists in Washington are re-thinking whether they missed life on the Mars when they conducted initial Viking experiments 30 years ago.
New Analysis of Viking Mission Results Indicates Presence of Life on Mars
Jan 07, 2007 |
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We may already have ‘met’ Martian organisms, according to a paper presented Sunday (Jan. 7) at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle.
Viking navigation hypothesis under foggy and cloudy skies requires more light
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 27, 2007 |
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While history portrays the Vikings as skillful masters of the sea, sailing treacherous routes in the northern Atlantic Ocean during the 10th-13th centuries, just how much knowledge, technology and ability they ...
First direct evidence of lightning on Mars detected
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2009 |
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For the first time, direct evidence of lightning has been detected on Mars, say University of Michigan researchers who found signs of electrical discharges during dust storms on the Red Planet.
