(PhysOrg.com) -- Roughly 3.5 billion years ago, the first epoch on Mars ended. The climate on the red planet then shifted dramatically from a relatively warm, wet period to one that was arid and cold. Yet there was at least ...
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The moon is more geologically complex than previously thought, scientists report Sept. 17 in two papers published in the journal Science.
Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2010
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is revealing previously undetected landforms that indicate the moon is shrinking. The findings are reported in a paper, "Evidence of Recent Thrust Faulting on the Moon Revealed by the Lunar ...
Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful. A new image transmitted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows signs of severe ice ...
Space Exploration
May 24, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For optimal communications during arrival at Mars, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, or Curiosity, will launch after Thanksgiving 2011 and land on Mars in August 2012.
Space Exploration
May 21, 2010
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Spectacular satellite images suggest that Mars was warm enough to sustain lakes three billion years ago, a period that was previously thought to be too cold and arid to sustain water on the surface, according to research ...
Space Exploration
Jan 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are seeing sub-surface water ice that may be 99 percent pure halfway between the north pole and the equator on Mars, thanks to quick-turnaround observations from orbit of fresh meteorite impact ...
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's first-ever moon temperature-mapping effort has returned its first data.
Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has selected a final destination for its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, after a journey of nearly 5.6 million miles that included several orbits around Earth and the moon. ...
Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23. The spacecraft's two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, ...
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2009
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