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Evidence of ancient hot springs on Mars detailed

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 12, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

New Rochelle, NY, February 12, 2009 -Data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) suggest the discovery of ancient springs in the Vernal Crater, sites where life forms may have evolved on Mars, according to a report in ...

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Gets New View of Victoria Crater

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 12, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- This image of Victoria Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at more ...

Gullies and Flow Features on Crater Wall

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 26, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a sample of the variety and complexity of processes that may occur ...

Kilauea volcano shoots plume of ash

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Mar 26, 2008 | 3.9 / 5 (7) | 0

Scientists in Hawaii say they are keeping a close watch on a plume of ash from Kilauea Volcano's Halemaumau Crater.

Scientists eye glowing volcano crater in Hawaii

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jun 07, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (11) | 2

(AP) -- The summit of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is glowing brightly as molten lava swirls 300 feet below its crater's floor, bubbling near the surface after years of spewing from the volcano's side.

Mars Rover Opportunity Ascends to Level Ground

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 01, 2008 | 4.9 / 5 (13) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has climbed out of the large crater that it had been examining from the inside since last September.

Patagonia site of world's biggest crater field: study

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 08, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (18) | 0

Argentina can lay claim to the world's largest crater field, a volcanic area in Patagonia known as the "Devil's Slope," according to a study released Tuesday.

Channels from Mars Hale Crater

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 28, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows channels to the southeast of Hale crater on southern Mars. Taken by the orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) ...

Patterns in Mars crater floors give picture of drying lakes

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 16, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 0

Networks of giant polygonal troughs etched across crater basins on Mars have been identified as desiccation cracks caused by evaporating lakes, providing further evidence of a warmer, wetter martian past.  ...

NASA's LCROSS Mission Changes Impact Crater

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 29, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission (LCROSS) based on new analysis of available lunar data, has shifted the target crater from Cabeus A to Cabeus (proper).

Latvian experts say meteorite crater was hoax (Update)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 26, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- Scientists investigating a large crater initially believed to have been caused by a meteorite said a closer analysis Monday revealed it was a hoax.

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