Tag: Mars

  • NASA’s Curiosity Rover Makes a Stunning Find

    NASA’s Curiosity Rover Makes a Stunning Find

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    “Finding a field of stones made of pure sulfur is like finding an oasis in the desert,” said Curiosity’s project scientist, Ashwin Vasavada of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “It shouldn’t be there, so now we have to explain it. Discovering strange and unexpected things is what makes planetary exploration so exciting.” It’s…

  • Evidence of Lake ‘Much Like that on Early Earth’s Found on Mars

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    Jonathan Amos, Science Correspondent for BBC News reports on the stunning findings relayed to scientists by NASA’s Curiosity rover. The ancient lake environment found in Mars’ Gale Crater could have supported microbes called chemolithoautotrophs – if they had been present. Known as Yellowknife bay, this topographic low has been shown through the drilling and chemical…

  • Manned Mission to Mars by 2017?

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      Joel Achenbach reports on Billionaire’s desire to send humans to Mars by as early as 2017: Billionaire Dennis Tito, tired of being told that we can’t send humans to Mars just yet, on Wednesday revealed his scheme for launching two astronauts to the red planet as early as December 2017.Dubbed “Inspiration Mars,” the fly-by…

  • We May All Be Martians

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    Christie Hsu reports on new evidence that life may have come to earth from Mars: We may all be Martians, according to scientists who recently discovered more evidence that life on Earth may have started on Mars. “In addition, recent studies show that these conditions, suitable for the origin of life, may still exist on…

  • Humans on Mars?

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    On the BBC Science and Environment blog, Neil Bowdler reports on a team of scientists at Imperial College London who have designed a concept mission to land astronauts on Mars: The plan envisages a three-person crew journeying to Mars aboard a small two-part craft. The craft would rotate to generate artificial gravity and use a…

  • Martian Atmosphere Destroyed Billions of Years Ago

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    CNN’s Elizabeth Landau highlights new findings by NASA’s Mars rover Curiousity: Two new studies in the journal Science this week suggest that the Martian atmosphere hasn’t changed much in terms of chemical composition in the past 4 billion years. It’s much thinner than our planet’s atmosphere, and the mix of ingredients isn’t friendly to living…

  • Opportunity finds hint of life on Mars

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    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – Reuters A Martian rock analyzed by NASA’s rover Opportunity contains clays formed in non-acidic water, an environment potentially suitable for the chemistry of ancient life to brew. The solar-powered Opportunity landed on Mars in January 2004 for what was expected to be a 90-day mission to look for signs there was…