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Liquid saltwater is likely present on Mars, new analysis shows

Mar 17, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (18) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Salty, liquid water has been detected on a leg of the Mars Phoenix Lander and therefore could be present at other locations on the planet, according to analysis by a group of mission scientists ...

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Report: Images from Mars lander show liquid water

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 11, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (9) | 2

(AP) -- Did NASA's Phoenix Mars lander find evidence of liquid water before it froze to death?

Evidence for ocean on Enceladus: Tiny Saturn Moon Could Be Targeted in Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 22, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (16) | 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plumes spewing from a tiny moon of Saturn - a moon roughly the width of Arizona - are filled with molecules that suggest that the moon, Enceladus, is likely another place in the solar system ...

Taking a cue from breath fresheners, researcher develops new method for taste testing

Medicine & Health / Other

Jun 10, 2008 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Using the same concept behind commercial breath-freshening strips, a Temple University researcher has developed a new, easier method for clinical taste testing.

'Cold' Mars Could Have Harbored Liquid Water

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 01, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (9) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new NASA study provides further evidence that Martian minerals dissolved in water could have kept that water from freezing, even on a cold, early Mars.

In search for water on Mars, clues from Antarctica

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 10, 2007 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

Scientists have gathered more evidence that suggests flowing water on Mars -- by comparing images of the red planet to an otherworldly landscape on Earth.

Butterfly proboscis to sip cells

Physics / General Physics

Nov 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A butterfly's proboscis looks like a straw -- long, slender, and used for sipping -- but it works more like a paper towel, according to Konstantin Kornev of Clemson University. He hopes to borrow the tricks of this piece ...

Mars' water appears to have been too salty to support life

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 29, 2008 | 3.9 / 5 (19) | 3

A new analysis of the Martian rock that gave hints of water on the Red Planet -- and, therefore, optimism about the prospect of life -- now suggests the water was more likely a thick brine, far too salty to ...

Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals Details of a Wetter Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 28, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (39) | 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has observed a new category of minerals spread across large regions of Mars. This discovery suggests that liquid water remained on the planet's surface a ...

Digging deeper below Antarctica's Lake Vida

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 14, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (8) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Antarctica's Lake Vida, a geologic curiosity that is essentially an ice bottle of brine, is home to some of the oldest and coldest living organisms on Earth. Perpetually covered by more than 60 feet of ice, ...