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Mountain on Mars may answer big question

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 04, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (17) | 1

The Martian volcano Olympus Mons is about three times the height of Mount Everest, but it's the small details that Rice University professors Patrick McGovern and Julia Morgan are looking at in thinking about ...

How to Find Signs of Life on Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 18, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 1

By studying the signatures of fossil life on Earth, geobiologists can get a clue of what to look for when hunting for extraterrestrial life on Mars.

More Filipinos leave homes as volcano spills lava

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Security forces in army trucks Friday sent about 3,000 residents outside the danger zone surrounding the smoldering Mayon volcano, which looked set for a major eruption after days of shooting ash ...

Glint of Sunlight Confirms Liquid in Northern Lake District of Titan

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (13) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini Spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, ...

Oceanographers image the discovery of the deepest explosive eruption on the sea floor (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 17, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (9) | 1

Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first video and still images of a deep-sea volcano actively erupting molten lava on the seafloor.

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

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 17, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (36) | 14

(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, ...

Pre-eruption earthquakes offer clues to volcano forecasters

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 16, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 1

Like an angry dog, a volcano growls before it bites, shaking the ground and getting "noisy" before erupting. This activity gives scientists an opportunity to study the tumult beneath a volcano and may help ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Resumes Observations

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 16, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are receiving new science data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter after the spacecraft's six science instruments resumed observations today.

Philippine volcano rumbles with fresh explosions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

(AP) -- The Mayon volcano, which has blown its top nearly 40 times in 400 years, menaced nearby residents with small eruptions of ash and lava Wednesday as Philippine authorities moved more than 30,000 people ...

New results from a terra-ific decade in orbit

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

December 18, 2009, marks the tenth year since the launch of Terra, one of NASA's "flagship" Earth observing satellites. But the decade is more than just a mechanical milestone. With each additional day and ...

Yellowstone's plumbing exposed

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 14, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (40) | 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- The most detailed seismic images yet published of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano shows a plume of hot and molten rock rising at an angle from the northwest at a depth ...

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