News tagged with iron planet
Sandtrapped Rover Makes a Big Discovery
Homer's Iliad tells the story of Troy, a city besieged by the Greeks in the Trojan War. Today, a lone robot sits besieged in the sands of Troy while engineers and scientists plot its escape.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Searching for alien earths with planet colors
Earth is invitingly blue. Mars is angry red. Venus is brilliant white. Astronomers have learned that a planet's "true colors" can reveal important details. For example, Mars is red because its soil contains ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Astronomers study unusual asteroid
A space mission will soon visit an unusual asteroid called Vesta that may turn out to not be an asteroid at all, but a minor planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2011 |
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Researchers use multispectral images to reveal origin and evolution of Mercury
Up until last year globes of Mercury were blank on one side. The Mariner 10 spacecraft explored the small planet in three flybys (1974-1975), but since no more than half was ever seen it remained the least ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Moon glides by bright star, Mars next week before dawn
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Moon puts on a great show before dawn next week as it passes by a bright star and planet, according to the editors of StarDate magazine.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2011 |
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