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Hope to discover sure signs of life on Mars![]() ![]() Lawrence KS (SPX) Sep 22, 2017 The search for biology on neighbor planet Mars won't play out like a Hollywood movie starring little green men. Rather, many scientists agree if there was life on the Red Planet, it probably will present itself as fossilized bacteria. To find it, astrobiologists likely will need to decode the chemical analysis of rock samples performed by a rover (like the one NASA plans to send to Mars in 2020). Only then might humankind know conclusively that life exists beyond Earth. A new paper in the journal ... read more |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 21, 2017 Opportunity is continuing the winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. Winter is constraining the available energy, so the project has to rover hop (dri ... more ![]() ![]() Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 River deposits exist across the surface of Mars and record a surface environment from over 3.5 billion years ago that was able to support liquid water at the surface. A region of Mars named Aeolis D ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 China's programme to launch a mission to Mars in 2020 is "well underway", its top planner said Wednesday as the country moves forward with its ambitious space programme. ... more ![]() ![]() Miami (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 Six people have emerged from an isolated dome in Hawaii where they spent the past eight months on a mock Mars mission, living in close quarters, eating dried foods and trying to get along. ... more |
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![]() Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Sep 19, 2017 As humans spread out across the Earth, the locations of new colonies were driven by the accessibility of resources: not only food and water, but also arable land, forests and minerals. Access ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Sep 19, 2017 An impactor smashing into an ice-rich surface gave rise to the complex flow features around this ancient crater on Mars. Impacts of comets and asteroids have shaped the surfaces of rocky planets and ... more ![]() ![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 NASA scientists have found evidence that Mars' crust is not as dense as previously thought, a clue that could help researchers better understand the Red Planet's interior structure and evolution. A ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 14, 2017 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun the steep ascent of an iron-oxide-bearing ridge that's grabbed scientists' attention since before the car-sized rover's 2012 landing. "We're on the climb now, d ... more ![]() ![]() Bethesda, MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Sending humans to Mars has been a dream of scientists and a large part of the population ever since Nicolaus Copernicus first postulated that it was a planet, about 500 years ago. Even before that f ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Sep 12, 2017 In past decades, spacecraft have sent back huge amounts of complex data about Mars, providing a wealth of information about the planet. More than ever, the scientific community needs a way to sift t ... more |
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![]() ![]() 45 Kilometers on the Odometry for Opportunity ![]() ![]() Los Alamos NM (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 The discovery of boron on Mars gives scientists more clues about whether life could have ever existed on the planet, according to a paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. ... more ![]() ![]() Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 05, 2017 Life on Mars may still be light years away - but it clearly hasn't stopped us from thinking ahead. Next year six space-suited and booted astronauts will head to the Dhofar desert in Oman in an attem ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) Aug 30, 2017 Bowie wasn't lying about Ziggy's bandmates - there are spiders from Mars. Sort of. ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 01, 2017 Opportunity is exploring "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour crater as mission planners prepare to park the rover for a winter layover. Winter substainally constrains the energy ... more |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Sep 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Fly me to the Moon: For some, lunar village takes shape ![]() ![]() Researchers create first global map of water in moon's soil ![]() ![]() Call For Ideas For Research On The Deep Space Gateway |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway' ![]() ![]() Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle ![]() ![]() Spacecraft passes docking test |
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![]() Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 20, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() First space mining transaction in 10 years ![]() ![]() Europe urged to reconsider pullout from 'Armageddon' asteroid mission ![]() ![]() Ancient meteorite impact triggered highest surface temperature in Earth's history |
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![]() Irwindale CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Pluto features given first official names ![]() ![]() Hibernation Over, New Horizons Continues Kuiper Belt Cruise ![]() ![]() Jupiter's Auroras Present a Powerful Mystery |
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![]() Sacramento CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA's $3.9 bn Cassini spacecraft makes death plunge into Saturn ![]() ![]() Cassini Spacecraft Demise Is Bittersweet for PSI's Hansen ![]() ![]() CU Boulder Scientists Ready for Cassini Mission to Saturn Grand Finale |
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![]() Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Earth through different eyes ![]() ![]() Dust devils contribute large amount of particulate matter to atmospheres of Earth, Mars ![]() ![]() Boeing to Design and Build Seven Medium Earth Orbit Satellites for SES |
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![]() Adelaide, Australian (XNA) Sep 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA's Robotic 'Sniffer' Confirms Space Station Leak, Repair ![]() ![]() Tech dreams live or die on startup battlefields ![]() ![]() Supercontinuum lasers to inspire better beer, bread |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Scientists propose new concept of terrestrial planet formation ![]() ![]() KFU astronomers discovered an exoplanet together with Turkish and Japanese colleagues ![]() ![]() FINESSE Mission to Investigate Atmospheres of Hundreds of Alien Worlds |
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![]() Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Lockheed Martin Unveils a New Lightweight Canister Launched Unmanned Aircraft System ![]() ![]() US Air Force Academy to Use VBS3 and VBS Fires for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training ![]() ![]() Israel says shot down Iranian-made, Hezbollah-operated drone |
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![]() Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Sep 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA captures significant solar flare ![]() ![]() NASA captures images of strong solar flares ![]() ![]() Space-inspired Star Storm to premiere next month |
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![]() Bethesda MD (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Demonstrator 3 linear aerospike ready to start tests ![]() ![]() ISRO to resume satellite launches by December ![]() ![]() Dragon Splashes Down in Pacific With NASA Science Experiments |
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![]() Lincoln NE (SPX) Sep 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Keeping NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in the dark ![]() ![]() Study shows star formation influenced by environmental conditions ![]() ![]() Exchanges of identity in deep space |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Granting weightless wishes ![]() ![]() MSU gravitational physicist receives NASA award to explore extreme gravity and the universe ![]() ![]() First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation |
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![]() Washington DC (UPI) Sep 18, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Mathematicians develop new models to describe ripples ![]() ![]() The beam of invisibility ![]() ![]() Aussie quantum tech has its sights set on human biochemistry |
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![]() Manchester UK (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Robot 'conductor' steals the show from Italy's top tenor ![]() ![]() Quantum machine learning ![]() ![]() Sorting molecules with DNA robots |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway' ![]() ![]() Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle ![]() ![]() Spacecraft passes docking test |
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