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Solar System
Mars
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Could Dust Devils Create Methane in Mars's Atmosphere?
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| Topic: Mars |
09/12/12 |
| Methane on Mars has been taken as an indication that the planet could be geologically or biologically active. The origin of Mars methane is unknown, but a new theory suggests an unexpected source - dust storms and dust devils. |
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Clay Not Evidence of Lakes on Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
09/11/12 |
| New research hints that some clays on Mars may have formed in a way that does not involve soil interacting with standing water, or water bubbling up from hydrothermal vents. |
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Curious about Life: Interview with Danny Glavin
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| Topic: Mars |
09/10/12 |
| In this interview, NASA scientist Danny Glavin describes how NASA’s Curiosity rover will be used to determine if the building blocks of life could have survived on the surface of Mars. |
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Mars's Dramatic Climate Variations Are Driven by the Sun
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| Topic: Mars |
09/08/12 |
| On Mars’s poles there are ice caps of ice and dust with layers that reflect to past climate variations on Mars. Researchers have related the layers in the ice cap on Mars’s north pole to variations in solar insolation on Mars, thus establishing the first dated climate history for Mars. |
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Curiosity Begins to Work its Arm
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| Topic: Mars |
09/08/12 |
| After driving more than a football field’s length since landing, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is spending several days preparing for full use of the tools on its arm. |
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Hadley Crater Provides Deep Insight into Mars Geology
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| Topic: Mars |
09/07/12 |
| ESA's Mars Express has returned to its primary mission after providing support for the landing of the Curiosity rover. The spacecraft has returned deep views into the martian crust within the walls of Hadley Crater, providing insight into the history of Mars's climate. |
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Curiosity on the Move
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| Topic: Mars |
08/31/12 |
| NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has set off from its landing vicinity on a trek to a science destination about a quarter-mile (400 meters) away, where it may begin using its drill. |
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Views and Voices from Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
08/28/12 |
| Curiosity has debuted the first recorded human voice that traveled from Earth to another planet and back. The voice playback was released along with new telephoto camera views of the varied martian landscape. |
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Curiosity In It for the Long Haul
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| Topic: Mars |
08/27/12 |
| Curiosity’s first successful drive across the martian landscape is cause for celebration. Astrobiology Magazine Field Research Editor Henry Bortman thinks it is also a good moment to pause and reflect on MSL’s long-term goals. |
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