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Astronauts say there must be life in space

May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 5

The human race will find life elsewhere in the universe as it pushes ahead with space exploration, astronauts back from the latest US space mission said Monday.


NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder

May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | User comments: 2

New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.


Space Station Tricorder

May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 19 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Any Trekkies out there? Remember the tricorder? Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock both carried them, and they came in mighty handy exploring "strange new worlds ...where no one has gone before."


NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing

May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 26 vote(s) | User comments: 1

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red ...


Wandering poles left scars on Europa

May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Curved features on Jupiter’s moon Europa may indicate that its poles have wandered by almost 90°, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution, Lunar and Planetary Institute, and University of California, ...