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“Base Secreta em Marte”, um Artefato de Raio Cósmico
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| Topic: Mars |
06/14/11 |
| Recentemente um vídeo fez seu trajeto pela rede alegando que uma estação espacial havia sido descoberta em Marte. Na realidade a imagem não é nada além que pixels ruins causados por um raio cósmico atingindo a espaçonave Mars Express enquanto a foto foi tirada. |
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Bring Home the Sample
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| Topic: Mars |
06/10/11 |
| A Mars sample return mission has been a goal of NASA for decades. In a recent essay, Lou Friedman, former Executive Director of The Planetary Society, discussed the potential of pursuing such an ambitious project in the coming years. |
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Up, Up and Away for Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
06/09/11 |
| Spaceward Bound and the DREAMS project recently launched a weather balloon in the Mojave Desert. The balloon´s payload contained scientific experiments designed to shed light on the search for life on Mars. |
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Jupiter Robbed Mass of Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
06/07/11 |
| Scientists may have answered the question of why Mars is half the size and one-tenth the mass of Earth. In doing so, they have also revealed an unexpected twist in the early lives of Jupiter and Saturn. |
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Mars, in Full Color
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| Topic: Mars |
06/03/11 |
| NASA's next Mars rover with cary two digital color cameras on its mast, showing the surface of Mars in exquisite detail. The Curiosity rover is being prepared for launch later this year. On Mars, Curiosity will help astrobiologists study the potential for past or present life. |
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Lost Spirit
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| Topic: Mars |
05/27/11 |
| NASA has ended operational planning activities for the Mars rover Spirit and transitioned the Mars Exploration Rover Project to a single-rover operation focused on Spirit´s still-active twin, Opportunity. |
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The Rapid Rise of Half-Baked Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
05/26/11 |
| New research shows that, following the birth of the Solar System, Mars developed much more quickly than the Earth. |
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Methane from Deep Cracks on Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
05/12/11 |
| New images of the Nili Fossae region are helping scientists understand unique geological features in the area. Methane in Mars' atmosphere is enhanced over Nili Fossae, leading some scientists to believe that the gas is produced there. The origins of the Mars methane could be geological or perhaps even biological. |
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Seeking Life´s Imprint in Shifting Desert Sand
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| Topic: Mars |
05/02/11 |
| From the deepest past to the present day, the deserts of Morocco provide a panorama of life´s history on Earth and give us insight for our investigations of Mars. |
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Carbon Dioxide Above and Below
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| Topic: Mars |
04/24/11 |
| NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered the total amount of atmosphere on Mars changes as the tilt of the planet's axis varies. This process could affect the stability of any liquid water, if it exists on the martian surface. |
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