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Spirit Rover Images of Martian Rocks

How Martian winds make rocks walk

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created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 8

Rocks on Mars are on the move, rolling into the wind and forming organized patterns, according to new research.





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U of A device to measure wind on Mars

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created May 27, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

University of Alberta scientist Carlos Lange is thrilled that an instrument he invented, a wind sensor called the Telltale, has successfully landed on Mars.


U of A device to measure wind on Mars will soon be landing

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created May 22, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

University of Alberta scientist Carlos Lange is still amazed that an instrument he dreamed up, a wind sensor called the Telltale, will soon be landing on Mars.


MESSENGER at Mercury

MESSENGER Spacecraft Flies by Mercury

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Shortly before 5:55 p.m. EDT, MESSENGER skimmed 228 kilometers (141 miles) above the surface of Mercury in its third and final flyby of the planet.


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Telltale tells story of winds at Phoenix landing site

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Wind speeds and directions were measured for the first time in the Mars polar region using the Phoenix lander’s Telltale instrument. Astronomers recorded Easterly winds of approximately 15-20 kilometres per ...


3 Questions: Sara Seager on searching for Earth-like planets

3 Questions: Sara Seager on searching for Earth-like planets

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT planetary scientist Sara Seager has been studying exoplanets — planets circling stars other than the sun — for many years.


Astronomers do it Again: Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet

Astronomers do it Again: Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet (w/ Video)

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Peering far beyond our solar system, NASA researchers have detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas planet, advancing astronomers toward the goal of being able to characterize ...


Jamie Lloyd on the lookout for exoplanets

Researcher hunts for new planets, seeking clues on solar system's origin

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Cornell assistant professor of astronomy works on instrumentation that searches the night skies for planets outside our solar system, called extrasolar planets.


Circus billionaire hosts show aboard space station (AP)

Circus billionaire hosts show aboard space station

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created Oct 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Canadian space tourist and circus billionaire Guy Laliberte mixed star power, science lectures, music and poetry in hosting a show from the International Space Station that was broadcast on television ...


Orbiting Camera Details Dramatic Wind Action on Mars

Orbiting Camera Details Dramatic Wind Action on Mars

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created Jan 24, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Mars has an ethereal, tenuous atmosphere with less than one-percent the surface pressure of Earth, which challenges scientists to explain complex, wind-sculpted landforms seen with unprecedented detail in ...


L-R: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet and John Cusack at the premiere of "2012"

NASA on crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4

The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie.



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