It has been more than 400 years since Galileo put humankind in its right place in the solar system. By looking at how Jupiter's moons revolve about the gas giant, he came to the conclusion that Earth was not at the centre ...
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Oct 1, 2015
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The search for extra-terrestrial life just got a big boost from NASA's stunning announcement that it now has its strongest evidence yet of liquid water on Mars.
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2015
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A Purdue University professor is part of the team of scientists preparing the next rover to visit Mars in 2020 to pave the way for future human missions.
Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2015
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Researchers from Brown University have used satellite data to detect deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars. Though formed in the searing heat of a violent impact, the glasses just might provide a delicate window ...
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Jun 8, 2015
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The Curiosity rover has temporarily stopped work on Mars while NASA engineers investigate a short circuit.
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2015
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The team responsible for the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite on NASA's Curiosity rover has made the first definitive detection of organic molecules at Mars. Organic molecules are the building blocks of all ...
Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2014
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Did Mars ever have life? Does it still? A meteorite from Mars has reignited the old debate. An international team that includes scientists from EPFL has published a paper in the scientific journal Meteoritics and Planetary ...
Space Exploration
Dec 2, 2014
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Looking across the Mars landscape presents a bleak image: a barren, dry rocky view as far as the eye can see. But scientists think the vista might once have been quite different. It may have teemed with water and even been ...
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —NASA's most advanced roving laboratory on Mars celebrates its second anniversary since landing inside the Red Planet's Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012, PDT (Aug. 6, 2012, EDT).
Space Exploration
Aug 6, 2014
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Hopes of finding life on Mars suffered a setback after new findings from NASA's Curiosity rover detected only trace amounts of methane gas in the Red Planet's atmosphere, a study said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2013
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