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The Size of Snow on Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
06/20/12 |
| Researchers have calculated the size of carbon dioxide snow particles in the clouds at Mars' poles. The particles are very small, roughly the size of a red blood cell. |
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A Mars Crater Catalog
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| Topic: Mars |
06/14/12 |
| A team of researchers has finished counting and cataloging 635,000 impact craters in Mars. Studying the craters of Mars can yield valuable information about the history of the planet's geology and climate. |
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Sharpening the Mars Landing Site
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| Topic: Mars |
06/13/12 |
| NASA has narrowed the target landing site for the Curiosity rover, which arrives at the red planet in August. |
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Rocket Sleds to Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
06/11/12 |
| Traveling to Mars is difficult, but successfully landing on the planet is even harder. NASA is now testing new technologies that could soon help large missions, including human missions, touch down safely on the surface of the red planet. |
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Exploring Mars in the Austrian Alps
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| Topic: Mars |
05/31/12 |
| In the largest ice caves on Earth, spacesuits and remote-controlled planetary rovers were recently tested in a five-day odyssey in the Alps designed to mimic potential future missions on Mars. |
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Concepts for Future Mars Missions
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| Topic: Mars |
05/29/12 |
| NASA’s call to scientists and engineers for a new Mars exploration strategy has resulted in almost double the amount of expected submissions. |
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Non-Biological Carbon in Martian Meteorites
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| Topic: Mars |
05/27/12 |
| NASA-funded research on Mars meteorites that landed on Earth shows strong evidence that very large molecules containing carbon, which is a key ingredient for the building blocks of life, can originate on the Red Planet. |
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Did Ancient Mars Have a Runaway Greenhouse?
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| Topic: Mars |
05/24/12 |
| Cosmic impacts on Mars might have sent temperatures skyrocketing upward on the Red Planet in ancient times, enough to trigger a runaway greenhouse effect. |
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