 Possible Signs of Liquid Water Flowing on Mars December 06, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 67 vote(s)
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NASA photographs have revealed bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars that suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years. | |
 SMART-1 impacts Moon (Update 2) September 03, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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At 07:42:22 CEST (05:42:22 UT) today, the SMART-1 spacecraft impacted the Moon's surface as planned, ending ESA's first solar-powered mission to another celestial body and Europe's first mission to the Moon. ... | |
 Engineers envision exploring Mars with mini probes July 18, 2006 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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MIT engineers and scientist colleagues have a new vision for the future of Mars exploration: a swarm of probes, each the size of a baseball, spreading out across the planet in every direction. | |
 Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphere May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus’s dense atmosphere. | |
 German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA's asteroid figures: paper April 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 315 vote(s)
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A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported Tuesday, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated. | |
 Cuneiform clay tablet translated for the first time March 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 94 vote(s)
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A cuneiform clay tablet that has puzzled scholars for over 150 years has been translated for the first time. The tablet is now known to be a contemporary Sumerian observation of an asteroid impact at Köfels, ... | |
 Cassini Tastes Organic Material at Saturn's Geyser Moon March 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft tasted and sampled a surprising organic brew erupting in geyser-like fashion from Saturn's moon Enceladus during a close flyby on March 12. Scientists are amazed that this tiny moon ... | |
 Hubble Finds First Organic Molecule on an Exoplanet March 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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The Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in eventually identifying signs ... | |
 Meteorites a rich source for primordial soup March 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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The organic soup that spawned life on Earth may have gotten generous helpings from outer space, according to a new study. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have discovered concentrations of amino acids ... | |
 Orbiter discovers a possibly once-habitable ancient Mars lake March 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Scientists studying images from The University of Arizona-led High Resolution Imaging Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have discovered never-before-seen impact "megabreccia" and a possibly ... | |
 Return to Europa: A closer look is possible December 14, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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Jupiter’s moon Europa is just as far away as ever, but new research is bringing scientists closer to being able to explore its tantalizing ice-covered ocean and determine its potential for harboring life. | |
 Cassini Finds Hydrocarbons on Saturn's Moon Hyperion July 05, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed for the first time surface details of Saturn's moon Hyperion, including cup-like craters filled with hydrocarbons that may indicate more widespread presence in our solar ... | |
 New Evidence Points to Oceans on Mars June 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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Scientists have found new evidence to support the presence of large oceans on Mars in the past. Published in the June 14 issue of Nature, the research suggests that changes in Mars’ orientation with ... | |
 Mars Rover Finds Evidence of Ancient Volcanic Explosion May 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has discovered evidence of an ancient volcanic explosion at "Home Plate," a plateau of layered bedrock approximately 2 meters (6 feet) high within the "Inner Basin" of ... | |
 Genesis Findings Solve Apollo Lunar Soil Mystery November 21, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Ever since astronauts returned from another world, scientists have been mystified by some of the moon rocks they brought back. Now one of the mysteries has been solved. "We learned a great deal about the sun ... | |
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