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Solar System
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Opportunity in a Mars Dust Storm
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| Topic: Mars |
11/27/12 |
| NASA's Opportunity rover has detected atmospheric changes on Mars that are due to a martian dust storm currently being tracked by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. |
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Has Curiosity Made a Historic Discovery?
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| Topic: Mars |
11/21/12 |
| Curiosity has now been exploring Gale Crater on Mars for a few months, testing its instruments and taking its first measurements. Already, it has found evidence that water once flowed in the crater. In the coming weeks, NASA's newest rover could have even more exciting science results to share. |
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Hydrogen Hints to History of Mars Water
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| Topic: Mars |
11/20/12 |
| A new study indicates that Mars formed from similar building blocks to those of Earth, but that there were differences in how the two planets evolved. |
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Curiosity Provides Weather and Radiation Report
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| Topic: Mars |
11/18/12 |
| Observations of wind patterns and natural radiation patterns on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover are helping scientists better understand the environment on the Red Planet's surface. |
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Meltwater on Mars Could Sustain Life
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| Topic: Mars |
11/17/12 |
| By comparing satellite imagery of Mars and the arctic island of Svalbard, researchers have determined that water played a bigger role in shaping the landscape of Mars than previously thought. The study also indicates that environments capable of supporting life on Mars might exist. |
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Curiosity's Methane Hunt Comes Up Empty
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| Topic: Mars |
11/03/12 |
| With its initial sniffs of the martian atmosphere, Curiosity has been able to detect little to no methane on Mars. However, the data that the rover has gathered is helping scientists understand how Mars may have lost its original atmosphere. |
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Curiosity's First Soil Results
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| Topic: Mars |
11/01/12 |
| Initial experiments from Curiosity show that the mineralogy of martian soil is similar to weathered volcanic soils in Hawaii. |
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