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NASA lander may have found toxic substance on Mars »
Posted by: STONERS 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The Phoenix Mars Lander may have detected perchlorate, a potentially toxic substance used in rocket fuel, in soil samples taken from the Red Planet, NASA ...
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Was Life on Mars Extinguished Prematurely by a Huge Impact? »
Posted by: DiffeeOnline 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Recent studies into the Martian "crustal dichotomy" indicate the planet was struck by a very large object, possibly a massive asteroid. Now researchers believe that ...
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Water on Mars Confirmed? »
Posted by: pagey 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
In a discovery that could qualify as one of the most important in the history of space, NASA’s Phoenix mission may have confirmed the ...
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Nasa's Phoenix Lander Discovers Water on Mars »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time. The robot heated up ice in one of its instruments earlier this week. Scientists ...
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NASA scientists discover more evidence of water on Mars »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 2 weeks, 6 days ago in Science & Technology
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified Martian rocks containing a relatively young hydrated mineral similar to opal. The first conclusion is that there was ...
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A Finding, Perhaps, but Not of Mars Life »
Posted by: pagey 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
After a weekend of rumors that the White House had been informed of a major discovery bearing on the possibility of life on Mars , NASA ...
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SPACE.com -- Dust Devils Photographed in Martian Arctic »
Posted by: engineer 2 months ago in Science & Technology
Phoenix captured images of at least six different dust
devils that danced across the planet's surface last week, and sensed a dip in
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Scientists: Martian soil similar to Chile's desert - Mars »
Posted by: pagey 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Would Martian soil be good for living things, or bad? After going back and forth on the question, the scientists behind NASA's Phoenix Mars ...
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Snow is the surprising forecast for Mars »
Posted by: Radiofreeeuropa 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The latest forecast on Mars calls for morning fog and swift-moving clouds -- along with light snow.
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Canadian technology spots snow on Mars »
Posted by: pagey 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
It's the first snowfall – from Mars that is. " Nothing like this view has ever been seen on Mars," said Prof. Jim Whiteway of York ...
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Buzz Aldrin: Mars pioneers should stay there »
Posted by: altnrg 2 weeks, 6 days ago in Science & Technology
Exploring Mars: If we're going to go to all the effort and expense of sending people to Mars, why bring them straight back again ...
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Mars Lander Succumbs to Winter »
Posted by: pagey 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Mission managers said Monday that they had not heard from the NASA spacecraft for a week and that they thought it had probably fallen quiet ...
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Mars lander has trouble delivering soil sample to its oven »
Posted by: jeremytoday 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A sample of icy soil collected by the robotic arm of NASA's Phoenix Mars lander is apparently stuck in its scoop, foiling efforts to ...
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NASA confirms water on Mars - Mars - MSNBC.com »
Posted by: pagey 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
By melting icy soil in one of its lab instruments, the robot confirmed the presence of frozen water lurking below the Martian permafrost. Until now ...
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Mars Express acquires sharpest images of martian moon Phobos »
Posted by: capn_caveman 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Mars Express closed in on the intriguing martian moon Phobos at 6:50 CEST on 23 July, flying past at 2.96 km/s, only ...
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