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A Curiously Cold Layer in Venus Atmosphere
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| Topic: Venus |
10/06/12 |
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A new study shows that Venus has a surprisingly cold region high in its atmosphere, where carbon dioxide might freeze out as ice or snow. |
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Curiosity Soon to Scoop Some Soil
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| Topic: Mars |
10/06/12 |
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Curiosity is preparing to take its first scoop of martian soil for analysis. Soil samples will be used for key experiments on the rover to test whether or not environmental conditions in Gale Crater were once favorable for microbial life. |
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Titan's Changing Seasons
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| Topic: Titan |
10/05/12 |
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By analyzing observations of Titan collected over the past 30 years, scientists have found that changing seasons affect the Saturnian moon more than previously thought. |
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Microbes Living Under a Contaminated Waste Site
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
10/05/12 |
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Scientists have sequenced nearly 150,000 genes from soil samples at a former uranium mill. The study could help researchers understand how microbial communities in soil clean up sites contaminated with toxic metals. The results may even have implications in helping to reduce greenhouse gases. |
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Gale Crater Drier Than Expected
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| Topic: Mars |
10/04/12 |
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Data from Curiosity indicates that Gale Crater may be drier than scientists expected based on previous measurements from the Mars Odyssey orbiter. |
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Huge Pressure Swings on Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
10/03/12 |
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Curiosity is monitoring the weather on Mars, and has found regular and enormous swings in atmospheric pressure through each martian day. |
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Learning to Live on Mars
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
10/03/12 |
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While the mission control team for the Phoenix lander was making scientific discoveries on Mars, they were also the subject of a study about how humans cope with living on Mars time. The study reveals how future explorers may be affected by days that do not follow a 24-hour clock. |
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Navigating the Seas of Titan
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| Topic: Titan |
10/02/12 |
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A team of engineers has put forward a new proposal for a boat to land on Titan. The robotic explorer could spend six months to a year sailing a lake on Titan and collecting scientific data. |
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Curiosity Finds Old Streambed on Mars Surface
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| Topic: Mars |
10/02/12 |
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Curiosity has found evidence of a stream that once ran vigorously across the surface of Mars. This is the first evidence of its kind for ancient water on Mars. |
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Sharpest-Ever Views of Pluto and Charon
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
10/01/12 |
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Pluto and Charon were recently captured in high-resolution images with a ground-based telescope using a method called reconstructive speckle imaging. The images show how useful this method could be in the search for extrasolar planets. |
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