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Huygens’s second landing anniversary – the surprises continue
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Jan 12, 2007 |
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Two years ago, planetary scientists across the world watched as Europe and the US did something amazing. The Huygens descent module drifted down through the hazy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, beaming its ...
Space voyaging rock reveals insight into detecting life on other planets
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Oct 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Intelligent life from other planets would be able to tell that Earth is inhabited if they had come into contact with a space voyaging piece of Orkney rock, scientists have revealed.
Was there life on Mars? Shiny rock coating may hold the answer
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Jun 30, 2006 |
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A mysterious shiny coating found on rocks in many of Earth's arid environments could reveal whether there was once life on Mars, according to new research.
Phoenix Mars Lander Inspects Delivered Soil Samples
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Jun 14, 2008 |
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New observations from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander provide the most magnified view ever seen of Martian sol, showing particles clumping together even at the smallest visible scale.
Who's Orbiting the Moon?
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Feb 20, 2008 |
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The space around Earth is a busy place, as teeming with traffic as a roundabout. More than 500 active satellites are bustling about up there right now. Some are transmitting radio, television, and telephone ...
SETI@home completes a decade of ET search
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May 01, 2009 |
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The SETI@home project, which has involved the worldwide public in a search for radio-wave evidence of life outside Earth, marks its 10th anniversary on May 17, 2009.
Galaxy gardening more than hobby for future moon, Mars residents
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Oct 09, 2006 |
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Long periods of total darkness and poor soil needn't stop an avid gardener – at least not one who's willing to go out of this world to grow plants. Lush lettuce is growing by galactic measure in cylinders designed ...
Phoenix Takes Highest Resolution Image Ever of Dust and Sand on Mars
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Jun 05, 2008 |
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This mosaic of four side-by-side microscope images shows a 3 millimeter (0.12 inch) diameter silicone target after it has been exposed to dust kicked up by the landing. It is the highest resolution image of ...
Cassini instrument confirms liquid surface lake on Titan
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Jul 30, 2008 |
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Scientists have confirmed that at least one body in our solar system, other than Earth, has a surface liquid lake. Using an instrument on NASA's Cassini orbiter, they discovered that a lake-like feature in ...
Phoenix Lander Has An Oven Full Of Martian Soil
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Jun 11, 2008 |
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has filled its first oven with Martian soil. "We have an oven full," Phoenix co-investigator Bill Boynton of the University of Arizona, Tucson, said today. "It took 10 seconds to ...
NASA's dirty secret: Moon dust
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Sep 26, 2008 |
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The Apollo Moon missions of 1969-1972 all share a dirty secret. "The major issue the Apollo astronauts pointed out was dust, dust, dust," says Professor Larry Taylor, Director of the Planetary Geosciences ...
Martian soil may contain detrimental substance
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Aug 05, 2008 |
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Scientists are analyzing results from soil samples delivered several weeks ago to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to understand the landing site's soil chemistry and mineralogy.
Organic 'building blocks' discovered in Titan's atmosphere
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Nov 28, 2007 |
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Scientists analysing data gathered by the Cassini spacecraft have confirmed the presence of heavy negative ions in the upper regions of Titan’s atmosphere. These particles may act as organic building blocks ...
Voyage to the Giant Asteroids
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Jun 18, 2007 |
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The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is like the solar system's cluttered old attic. The dusty, forgotten objects there are relics from a time long ago, each asteroid with its own story to tell about ...
Cassini Tastes Organic Material at Saturn's Geyser Moon
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Mar 26, 2008 |
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft tasted and sampled a surprising organic brew erupting in geyser-like fashion from Saturn's moon Enceladus during a close flyby on March 12. Scientists are amazed that this tiny moon ...
