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Radar Map of Buried Martian Ice Adds to Climate Record
(PhysOrg.com) -- Extensive radar mapping of the middle-latitude region of northern Mars shows that thick masses of buried ice are quite common beneath protective coverings of rubble.
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Report: Images from Mars lander show liquid water
(AP) -- Did NASA's Phoenix Mars lander find evidence of liquid water before it froze to death?
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Mar 11, 2009 |
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A glow in the Martian night throws light on atmospheric circulation
(PhysOrg.com) -- A faint, infrared glow above the winter poles of Mars is giving new insights into seasonal changes in the planet's atmospheric circulation. The tell-tale night emission was first detected ...
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Apr 04, 2012 |
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MARSIS completes measurement campaign over Martian North Pole
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) instrument on board Mars Express has recently completed a subsurface sounding campaign over the planet's North Pole. ...
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Dec 20, 2011 |
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Could Curiosity determine if Viking found life on Mars?
One of the most controversial and long-debated aspects of Mars exploration has been the results of the Viking landers’ life-detection experiments back in the 1970s. While the preliminary findings were ...
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Nov 30, 2011 |
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Mars' northern polar regions in transition
A newly released image from ESA's Mars Express shows the north pole of Mars during the red planet's summer solstice. All the carbon dioxide ice has gone, leaving just a bright cap of water ice.
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Aug 05, 2011 |
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Springtime at Mars' south pole
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's Mars Express celebrates eight years in space with a new view of ice in the southern polar region of Mars. The poles are closely linked to the planet’s climate and constantly change ...
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Jun 08, 2011 |
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After delay, NASA preparing Mars rover for launch
(AP) -- NASA engineers are putting the finishing touches on a mega-rover to Mars before shipping it off to Florida for launch later this year.
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Apr 04, 2011 |
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The three ages of Mars
There is no place on Earth that is a perfect copycat of Mars as it is now, or as it was at any specific point in the past. But scientists suggest Earth has little versions of Mars as it might have been over ...
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Dec 10, 2010 |
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Spain supplies weather station for next Mars Rover
The first instrument from Spain for a mission to Mars will provide daily weather reports from the Red Planet. Expect extremes.
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Dec 01, 2010 |
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Mars mysteries could be answered through airplanes
There are regions on Mars where the ground is much too rugged for a rover to explore. Instead, a robotic, rocket-powered airplane could be the ideal way to investigate some of these intriguing but as-yet inaccessible ...
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Oct 08, 2010 |
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Strange Martian Spirals Explained
Almost 40 years ago, NASA's Mariner 9 spacecraft relayed to Earth the first video images of Mars' northern polar ice cap, revealing a strange pattern of spiral swirls that has puzzled scientists ever since. ...
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Jun 16, 2010 |
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