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Better Looks At Mars Minerals For Instrument On NASA's Mars Odyssey Orbiter
A new orbit at an earlier
time of day is increasing
the sensitivity and
efficiency of ASU's THEMIS
multi-band camera on NASA's
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Mars More Like Earth Than Thought? New Details About History Of Water On Red Planet
New details have emerged
about the history of water
on Mars, gleaned from the
2008 NASA Phoenix Mars
Mission. Scientists found
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First Direct Evidence Of Lightning On Mars Detected
For the first time, direct
evidence of lightning has
been detected on Mars, say
researchers who found signs
of electrical discharges
during dust storms on the
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NASA's Mars Odyssey Alters Orbit To Study Warmer Ground
NASA's long-lived Mars
Odyssey spacecraft has
completed an eight-month
adjustment of its orbit,
positioning itself to look
down at the day side of the
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New Instrument Has Potential To Detect Water Deep Underground On Mars
June 25, 2009 — With the whoosh of compressed gas and the whir of unspooling wire, a team of scientists and engineers tested a new instrument prototype that might be used to detect groundwater deep inside ... > full story -
Definitive Evidence For Ancient Lake On Mars
June 18, 2009 — Scientists have discovered the first definitive evidence of shorelines on Mars, an indication of a deep, ancient lake there and a finding with implications for the discovery of past life on the Red ... > full story -
New Cleaning Protocol For Future 'Search For Life' Missions
June 10, 2009 — Scientists have developed a new cleaning protocol for space hardware, such as the scoops of Mars rovers, which could be used on future "search for life" missions on other ... > full story -
Magnetic Tornadoes Could Liberate Mercury's Tenuous Atmosphere
June 2, 2009 — Mercury is scorching hot, with daytime temperatures of more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Its hard for the planet to hold on to its atmosphere, which is extremely thin, and invisible to the human eye. ... > full story -
NASA Scientists Find Evidence For Liquid Water On A Frozen Early Mars
June 2, 2009 — Scientists have modeled freezing conditions on Mars to test whether liquid water could have been present to form the surface features of the Martian landscape. They report that fluids loaded with ... > full story -
Meteoroid Bombardment May Have Made Earth More Habitable, Says Study
June 1, 2009 — Large bombardments of meteoroids approximately four billion years ago could have helped to make the early Earth and Mars more habitable for life by modifying their atmospheres, suggests a new ... > full story -
Mars: Windy, Wet And Wild: Victoria Crater Unveils More Of Mars' Geologic Past
May 22, 2009 — After thoroughly investigating Victoria Crater on Mars for two years, the instruments aboard the Rover Opportunity reveal more evidence of our neighboring red planet's windy, wet and wild ... > full story -
Mars And Earth Activities Aim To Get Spirit Rover Rolling Again
May 20, 2009 — NASA's rover project team is using the Spirit rover and other spacecraft at Mars to begin developing the best maneuvers for extracting Spirit from the soft Martian ground where it has become ... > full story -
Features Of Early Martian Environment And Presence Of Water Drive Search For Life Forms
April 21, 2009 — Solar energy and winds, collisions with asteroids and comets, and changing magnetic fields have all altered the environment of Mars, a planet that may have been able to support life during its ... > full story -
Search For Unusual Alien Life On Earth And Life That Can Survive On Mars
April 21, 2009 — Questions such as "How to search for weird alien life?" and "Would Earth microbes survive if delivered to the surface of Mars?" are addressed in articles that are part of the collection of reports ... > full story
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