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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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Asteroid Vesta May Be a Stunted Planet
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
09/30/12 |
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A new study is reinforcing claims that the asteroid Vesta has a layered interior - a quality usually found only in planets and large moons. |
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Life that Lives On Uranium
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
09/30/12 |
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A new study is providing insights into how living organisms use different mechanisms to adapt to their surroundings. The study focuses on two microorganisms that use different techniques to cope with uranium toxicity in their environments. |
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Mars-Like Places on Earth Provide Insight to Life
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
09/29/12 |
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Astrobiologists study life in Earth's most extreme environments - from the Antarctic permafrost to the salt pans of Tunisia - in order to understand how life might adapt to environments on other planets. Recently, researchers presented new findings from field expeditions to the most Mars-like places on Earth. |
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The Probability of Panspermia
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/28/12 |
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New research supports the idea that microorganisms embedded in the fragments of distant planets may have traveled to the early Earth and seeded our planet with life. |
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The Magnetic Wakes of Pulsar Planets
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
09/28/12 |
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Pulsars are dense stars that rotate rapidly and flash like lighthouse beacons. Now, a new study is helping astrobiolgists understand the potential properties of planetary systems around these extreme stars. |
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A Hidden Symbiosis
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/26/12 |
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Scientists have discovered an unusual symbiosis between tiny single-celled algae and highly specialized bacteria in the ocean. |
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