Ancient Climate Cycles Recorded In Mars Rocks
Researchers at the
California Institute of
Technology and their
colleagues have found
evidence of ancient climate
change on Mars caused by
regular variation in the
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Solar Wind Rips Up Martian Atmosphere
Researchers have found new
evidence that the atmosphere
of Mars is being stripped
away by solar wind. It's not
a gently continuous erosion,
but rather a ripping process
in which chunks of Martian ... > full story
Mars Express Observes Aurora On The Red Planet
Scientists using ESA's Mars
Express have produced the
first crude map of aurora on
Mars. These displays of
ultraviolet light appear to
be located close to the
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Concealed Glaciers Discovered On Mars At Mid-latitudes
Vast Martian glaciers of
water ice under protective
blankets of rocky debris
persist today at much lower
latitudes than any ice
previously identified on
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Site List Narrows For NASA's Next Mars Landing
November 20, 2008 Four intriguing places on Mars have risen to the final round as NASA selects a landing site for its next Mars mission, the Mars Science Laboratory. The agency had a wider range of possible landing ... > full story -
Gamma-Ray Evidence Suggests Ancient Mars Had Massive Oceans
November 18, 2008 As much as a third of Mars could have been underwater, scientists say. An international team of scientists who analyzed data from the Gamma Ray Spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Odyssey reports new ... > full story -
Complex Systems And Mars Missions Help Understand How Life Began
November 17, 2008 Understanding how life started remains a major challenge for science. At a recent European Science Foundation and COST 'Frontiers of Science' conference scientists discussed two new approaches to the ... > full story -
Controllers Cheer As Data Arrive From NASA's Spirit Rover
November 14, 2008 NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit communicated via the Mars Odyssey orbiter Nov. 13 right at the time when ground controllers had told it to, prompting shouts of "She's talking!" among the rover ... > full story -
Dust Storm Cuts Energy Supply Of NASA Mars Rover Spirit
November 13, 2008 A dust storm on Mars has cut into the amount of sunlight reaching the solar array on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, leaving the rover in a vulnerable ... > full story -
Mars Phoenix Lander Finishes Successful Work On Red Planet
November 11, 2008 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months. As anticipated, seasonal decline in sunshine at the robot's arctic landing site is not providing enough ... > full story -
NASA's Phoenix Mission Faces Survival Challenges
October 29, 2008 In a race against time and the elements, engineers with NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission hope to extend the lander's survival by gradually shutting down some of its instruments and heaters, ... > full story -
NASA Orbiter Reveals Details Of A Wetter Mars
October 29, 2008 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has observed a new category of minerals spread across large regions of Mars. This discovery suggests that liquid water remained on the planet's surface a billion ... > full story -
HiRISE Camera Reveals Rare Polar Martian Impact Craters
October 16, 2008 An odd, solitary hill rising part-way down an eroding slope in Mars' north polar layered terrain may be the remnant of a buried impact crater, suggest scientists who studied the feature in a new, ... > full story -
NASA's Phoenix Lander Weathers Martian Dust Storm
October 15, 2008 The Phoenix Lander over the weekend successfully weathered a regional dust storm that temporarily lowered its solar power, and the team is back investigating the Red Planet's northern ... > full story
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