Scientists find signs of flowing water on Mars
August 5th, 2011 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Aug 5 (IANS/WAM) The first signs of flowing water on Mars have been discovered by US scientists, the journal Science reported.Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona in ... Read more...
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NASA spacecraft captures methane ‘rain’ on Saturn’s moon Titan
March 18th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 18 (ANI): NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured images of seasonal rains on Saturn's moon Titan - the first evidence of rain soaking Titan's surface at low latitudes.Researchers at the University ... Read more...
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Moon’s craters can help improve Solar System surface-dating methods
July 28th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 28 (ANI): Images of the Moon's surface, sent by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), are shedding new light into the mechanics of asteroid and comet impacts and how frequently they ... Read more...
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Carbon dioxide frost consigns Phoenix Mars Lander to history
May 25th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 25 (ANI): NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after carbon dioxide frost damaged the spacecraft's solar panels.Repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful and a new image transmitted ... Read more...
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Mysterious Mars “monolith” is just a broken boulder
August 5th, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 5 (ANI): Scientists have solved the mystery of the rocky Mars "monolith" that resembled the black monolith from Stanley Kubrick's movie "2001: A Space Odyssey", and have determined that it ... Read more...
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Subsurface ice on Mars exposed by recent impact craters
March 31st, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 31 (ANI): The HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has observed some small, freshly gouged craters in images taken in 2008, which in turn have exposed hidden subsurface ... Read more...
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HiRISE camera captures high-resolution 3D images of Mars
December 9th, 2008 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): The High Resolution Science Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) team, based at the University of Arizona (UA) in the US, has captured 362 three-dimensional images of Mars taken by ... Read more...
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Smaller and more recent geological features on Mars can now be dated
October 13th, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 13 (ANI): The crater-counting system that scientists have used since the 1970s to determine the age of large geologic features on Mars will also allow them to date small ... Read more...
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NASAs HiRISe produces new color stereo view of Phobos
April 10th, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 10 (ANI): The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) has produced a new color stereo view of Phobos, the larger and inner of Mars two tiny moons.Run from the ... Read more...
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NASAs camera finds a possibly once-habitable ancient Mars lake
March 7th, 2008 - 12:55 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 7 (ANI): The High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered a possibly once-habitable ancient lake on the Red Planet at a place called Holden ... Read more...
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