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Solar System
Mars
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| Scarce Shelter on Mars |
| Topic: Mars |
06/04/09 |
| Microbes that hitch a ride on a spacecraft might make it all the way to Mars, but a recent study finds they probably won´t survive for very long there. |
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| Move On to Mars |
| Topic: Mars |
05/14/09 |
| When will humans visit Mars? Charles Cockell, a microbiologist who studies life in extreme environments, believes we have the necessary technology to go today if we really wanted to. |
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| Focused on Phobos |
| Topic: Mars |
04/30/09 |
| Mars has two tiny asteroid-like moons, Phobos and Deimos. The moons have not been the focus of Mars studies, but there are several missions in the planning stages that aim to change that. |
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| Welcome to the Red Planet |
| Topic: Mars |
03/26/09 |
| Looking for someplace inexpensive to go on your next vacation? Consider Mars. Now that Google Earth 5.0, with its built-in Mars mode, has been released, you can check out the most stunning vistas the Red Planet has to offer – and you won´t have to spend a dime. |
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| A Sliver of a Chance for Life on Mars |
| Topic: Mars |
02/26/09 |
| The Phoenix Mars Lander witnessed water vapor adsorbing into the martian soil each night. Researchers suspect the films of water that resulted are probably too thin for life now, but they may have been thick enough millions of years ago. |
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| Methane-Spewing Martians? |
| Topic: Mars |
01/15/09 |
| The methane found on Mars could be a sign of life on the red planet. Researchers are devising an instrument to measure the isotopic abundances that could distinguish a biological origin from a geological one. |
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| Simulating Mars on Earth |
| Topic: Mars |
12/04/08 |
| By simulating conditions at and below the surface of Mars, experiments now suggest that bacterial life could exist below its sterile surface layer of soil. |
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| Baking the Rover is Not an Option |
| Topic: Mars |
11/20/08 |
| The next-generation Mars rover will visit the Red Planet to sniff out the smallest traces of organic material – the building blocks of life. Trouble is, the Mars Science Laboratory is made from several kilograms of organic material from Earth. |
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| A Divining Rod for Mars |
| Topic: Mars |
11/13/08 |
| Mars may have water underground but exactly where it is located is not known. An instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory will use neutrons to help spy for the water. |
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| Liquid Water in the Martian North? Maybe. |
| Topic: Mars |
08/22/08 |
| Scientists responsible for NASA's Phoenix mission were surprised to find the chemical compound perchlorate in the soil at the spacecraft's landing site. On Earth, perchlorate is commonly associated with liquid water. On Mars, however, the implication is not so clear. |
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