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Google Makes another Smart Move with Google Ocean and Google Mars

Google Makes another Smart Move with Google Ocean and Google Mars

Google Earth has ventured into new waters. Really, it got its feet wet.  The 5.0 version...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 14:05
Life on Mars Seems Possible

Life on Mars Seems Possible

  An orbiting spacecraft has discovered carbonate minerals on a Martian surface called the...
» read full story December 20th, 2008 - 16:13
Buried Ice Glaciers On Mars Shed Light On The Planet’s Ice Age Past

Buried Ice Glaciers On Mars Shed Light On The Planet’s Ice Age Past

Huge water ice reservoirs are not exclusively present in Mars’ polar regions, according to the...
» read full story November 22nd, 2008 - 12:54

India Aims for the Moon with Chandrayaan-1

New Delhi - India's first-ever moon mission, due for launch Wednesday, was expected to return a...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 09:55
Moon Reveals Mystery: Water Molecules Found In Apollo Samples

Moon Reveals Mystery: Water Molecules Found In Apollo Samples

The Moon, Earth’s only natural satellite, has always been surrounded by an aura of mystery....
» read full story July 10th, 2008 - 13:17
Appeals Court Favors NASA JPL Employees

Appeals Court Favors NASA JPL Employees

Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Los Angeles awarded a temporary injunction against...
» read full story January 12th, 2008 - 12:54
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Martian Water Could Have Supported Life After All

Martian Water Could Have Supported Life After All

Mars being once coated with life - now that’s a theme already long ago turned into a sci-fi...
» read full story December 21st, 2008 - 15:57
Mineral Suggests Mars May Have Been Hospitable

Mineral Suggests Mars May Have Been Hospitable

Thursday, scientists reported that an orbiting spacecraft had found a mineral on the planet...
» read full story December 19th, 2008 - 19:03
Carbonate Deposits on Mars Indicate Life-Sustaining Water

Carbonate Deposits on Mars Indicate Life-Sustaining Water

  Scientific instruments aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have detected minerals which...
» read full story December 19th, 2008 - 16:42
Vast Glaciers Hidden Under Ruble On Mars

Vast Glaciers Hidden Under Ruble On Mars

After the excitement of scraping up slivers of what turned out to be ice on Mars this summer, NASA...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 16:07
Buried Ice Glaciers on Mars Shed Light on the Planet’s Ice Age Past

Buried Ice Glaciers on Mars Shed Light on the Planet’s Ice Age Past

Huge water ice reservoirs are not exclusively present in Mars’ polar regions, according to the...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 14:00
It Was Discovered That Mars Had Its Ice Age As Well

It Was Discovered That Mars Had Its Ice Age As Well

According to a new study Mars has vast glaciers hidden under aprons of rocky debris near...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 22:42
Mars Lander Short On Power Supply, Almost Hits End Of The Road

Mars Lander Short On Power Supply, Almost Hits End Of The Road

It’s a sad time for the Phoenix team, as the Mars lander approaches its final days on the Red...
» read full story October 31st, 2008 - 13:49
Seven Miles Separate Mars Rover Opportunity From Its Next Target

Seven Miles Separate Mars Rover Opportunity From Its Next Target

As it entered its fifth year of Mars exploration, NASA’s Opportunity Mars continued to perform...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 14:00
NASA Choose Next Mission to Mars

NASA Choose Next Mission to Mars

In addition to the two rovers on the surface of Mars, and the orbiting Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter,...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 21:15
Update: NASA Prepares Its New $485 Million Mars Mission

Update: NASA Prepares Its New $485 Million Mars Mission

NASA announced yesterday its decision to offer the University of Colorado an astonishing $485...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 14:45
Rich Wet Environments In Mars’s Past May Have Supported Life

Rich Wet Environments In Mars’s Past May Have Supported Life

As we can imagine, 4 billion years ago the Red Planet was very different from what we see today,...
» read full story July 17th, 2008 - 13:51
Glassy Lava Beads Show Moon's Interior Harbored Water

Glassy Lava Beads Show Moon's Interior Harbored Water

Scientists have found that glassy volcanic pebbles brought back to Earth by Apollo astronauts in...
» read full story July 09th, 2008 - 22:21
Mystery Behind Mars’s Lopsided Shape Revealed

Mystery Behind Mars’s Lopsided Shape Revealed

The mystery behind the lopsided shape of Mars lies in its Borealis basin, whose elliptical shape...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 11:08

Phoenix Analyzes The Martian Dust

The “microscopy” part of the Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer of NASA's Mars...
» read full story June 06th, 2008 - 11:09
Phoenix's Schedule Delayed Again

Phoenix's Schedule Delayed Again

A second delay in Phoenix’s schedules appeared yesterday due to a glitch in orbiting Odyssey...
» read full story June 05th, 2008 - 15:07
Phoenix Completes Stage I Of Robotic Arm Operation

Phoenix Completes Stage I Of Robotic Arm Operation

The first of the two days needed to set up Mars Lander’s robotic arm ended successfully, after the...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 15:03
Mars Lander Radio Glitch Delays Operations by One Day

Mars Lander Radio Glitch Delays Operations by One Day

The now-fixed-by-itself radio glitch which plagued the Phoenix Mars lander yesterday will delay its...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 17:49
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Receives Information From Phoenix

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Receives Information From Phoenix

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully received information from the Phoenix Mars Lander...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 11:14
For Phoenix The Work Has Already Started

For Phoenix The Work Has Already Started

After its successful landing, Phoenix has already started its duty. The lander returned...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 22:23
Phoenix – A Chance To Prove Life On Mars Is Possible

Phoenix – A Chance To Prove Life On Mars Is Possible

After a journey that took more than 10 months to complete, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander prepares to...
» read full story May 14th, 2008 - 10:52
NASA Probe Takes Hi-Res Photos of Mars Moon Phobos

NASA Probe Takes Hi-Res Photos of Mars Moon Phobos

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has snatched close-ups of the red planet's moon Phobos....
» read full story April 10th, 2008 - 18:06
HiRISE Images Unveil Unprecedented Dynamic Phenomena On Mars

HiRISE Images Unveil Unprecedented Dynamic Phenomena On Mars

For the first time since Mars has been under surveillance, scientists were surprised to witness...
» read full story March 04th, 2008 - 11:50
Study: Liquid Water Ravines On Mars Could Be Just Dry Avalanches

Study: Liquid Water Ravines On Mars Could Be Just Dry Avalanches

A study of the topographic images of Mars captured from the University of Arizona’s High...
» read full story March 03rd, 2008 - 15:40
Google Boosts The Race To The Moon With A $30 Million Prize (Update)

Google Boosts The Race To The Moon With A $30 Million Prize (Update)

Google, the web search giant, joined today the XPrize Foundation in announcing the Google Lunar X...
» read full story September 13th, 2007 - 22:00
Russia Plans To Go On the Moon

Russia Plans To Go On the Moon

Roskosmos, the Russian space agency, has ambitious plans for the future, including a manned...
» read full story September 01st, 2007 - 22:55
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