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Saturn's Dynamic Moon Enceladus Shows More Signs of Activity
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Dec 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The closer scientists look at Saturn's small moon Enceladus, the more they find evidence of an active world. The most recent flybys of Enceladus made by NASA's Cassini spacecraft have provided ...
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New lunar south polar maps from SMART-1
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Mar 11, 2008 |
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Newly-released images of the lunar south-polar region obtained by ESA’s SMART-1 are proving to be wonderful tools to zero-in on suitable study sites for potential future lunar exploration missions.
Icy Promethei Planum
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Mar 12, 2008 |
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Promethei Planum, an area seasonally covered with a more than 3500 m thick layer of ice in the martian south polar region, was the subject of the High Resolution Stereo Camera’s focus on 22 September 2005 ...
'Broken Heart' Image the Last for NASA's Long-Lived Polar Mission
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Apr 29, 2008 |
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As far as endings go, this one’s a real heart breaker. NASA’s Polar satellite concludes its successful mission at the end of April with a breathtaking visible-light image of the colorful dancing lights of ...
Surprises from the Sun's South Pole
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Although very close to the minimum of its 11-year sunspot cycle, the Sun showed that it is still capable of producing a series of remarkably energetic outbursts - ESA-NASA Ulysses mission revealed.
Mars polar cap mystery solved
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Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are now able to better explain why Mars’s residual southern ice cap is misplaced, thanks to data from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft - the martian weather system is to blame. And ...
Disabled Spanish athletes reach South Pole: report
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 01, 2009 |
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Three disabled athletes from Spain have reached the South Pole unassisted by animals or machines, in what a Spanish newspaper said Sunday was a world first.
Envisat Captures Splitting iIceberg
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Mar 14, 2008 |
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Envisat captures the break up of the massive A53A iceberg located just east of the South Georgia Island (visible at image bottom) in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Albatross camera reveals fascinating feeding interaction with killer whale
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Scientists from British Antarctic Survey, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, and Hokkaido University, Japan, have recorded the first observations of how albatrosses feed alongside marine mammals ...
Mars Express radar gauges water quantity around Mars south pole
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Mar 15, 2007 |
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The amount of water trapped in frozen layers over Mars' south polar region is equivalent to a liquid layer about 11 metres deep covering the planet.
Ulysses Flyby of the Sun's North Pole
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Jan 15, 2008 |
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Consider it a case of exquisite timing. Just last week, solar physicists announced the beginning of a new solar cycle and now, Jan. 14th, the Ulysses spacecraft is flying over a key region of solar activity--the ...
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