Archive for the 'Mars' Category
The Phoenix Mars Mission is officially over. The lander was powered by solar panels, and the approaching Martian winter has basically cut off its power supply. The craft is not expected to last through the winter. But Phoenix lasted two months longer than anticipated, so the $475 million was worth it - […]
According to Popular Mechanics:
The Phoenix Mars Mission has been a shining success for NASA. Not only did the craft reach Mars and land successfully, it also found ice in the martian soil and saw snow in the sky. But the Phoenix is now racing against time to complete more of its groundbreaking research before the […]
The Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from clouds on the red planet. Data shows that this snow tends to evaporate before it hits the ground, but scientists will be conducting more research to see if it is possible for the snow to land on the ground. A key aim of the Phoenix […]
A “beheaded” glacier in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys, seen in an undated photo, resembles gullies in Martian crater walls.
Deep hollows (such as these, top and far left) can catch Martian snow, which melts and carves out gullies, says a study released in August 2008.
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According to Richard A. Lovett
A deep-drilling site in Northampton County, Virginia, explores the Chesapeake Bay impact structure in September 2005.
A study of the site released in June 2008 has found an unexpected abundance of life in some areas of the crater, offering a hint of possible locations to search for life on highly-cratered Mars.
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According to Kimberly Johnson
Tags: Mars, Research|
Posted By: ashley | Jul 2nd
In a breakthrough that likely provides scientists with their best opportunity ever to investigate extraterrestrial life, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has apparently spotted liquid ice on Mars.
“These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days, that is perfect evidence that it’s ice,” said Peter Smith, principal investigator for the Phoenix mission, which […]
You, too, could pull a Homer Simpson and become an astronaut. Canada is looking for two people to start work in August, 2009. All you need to do is apply (and be somewhat qualified, presumably). It’s worth looking into. Read more…
The formation of an Idaho canyon thousands of years ago has given scientists a clearer picture of how water sculpted the surface of Mars.The chasm in the western United States has a shape once thought to be characteristic of slower, sustained groundwater flows, but new research suggests that was carved by ancient torrential floods.
Comparable canyons […]
Tags: Mars|
Posted By: ashley | May 23rd
New radar mapping of Mars’s north pole shows that the planet’s current ice caps are probably only about five million years old and that in the intervening years the Martian climate has undergone several major fluctuations.The scientists also found unusually flat bedrock under the ice, suggesting that liquid water and life—if they exist at all […]
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Posted By: ashley | May 16th
ScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2008) — A new life-detecting instrument is preparing for a mission to the Red Planet. The Urey: Mars Organic and Oxidant Detector instrument, developed by a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, received approximately $2 million in NASA funding to further refine the design and technology for the […]
Tags: Launches, Mars|
Posted By: ashley | Apr 30th