i2.cdn.turner.com - NASA's Phoenix lander has discovered a toxic chemical in soil near Mars' north pole, dimming hopes for finding life on the Red Planet, the probe's operators said Monday. view details...
Submitted By xfactor213 109 days agoi2.cdn.turner.com - The Phoenix lander got its robotic arm onto a sample of water ice from Mars' surface and popped the ice into tiny, onboard "ovens" that will help determine if the water could support life, NASA researchers view details...
Submitted By xfactor213 113 days agomsnbcmedia2.msn.com - New observations made by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, currently circling the planet, have revealed evidence that vast regions of the southern highlands of Mars were altered by water in a variety view details...
Submitted By xfactor213 128 days agodsc.discovery.com - It's just a miniscule amount of the wet stuff -- not enough to sustain even a lunar cactus or to power any hydrogen jetpacks -- but the discovery does bolster hopes that there has always been water in view details...
Submitted By Craig Redman 136 days agomsnbcmedia3.msn.com - Voyager 2's journey toward interstellar space has revealed surprising insights into the forces at the solar system's outer edge, and confirmed that the solar system has squashed shape instead of a view details...
Submitted By Craig Redman 138 days agodsc.discovery.com - The Phoenix lander stopped digging soil near Mars' north pole Wednesday as engineers on Earth worked to fix a glitch that caused the loss of a day's worth of photos. Sounds like the Men In Black didn't view details...
Submitted By Craig Redman 156 days agoi2.cdn.turner.com - Is the white stuff in the Martian soil ice or salt? Shallow trenches excavated by the lander's backhoe-like robotic arm have turned up specks and at times even stripes of mysterious white material mixed view details...
Submitted By Craig Redman 158 days agodsc.discovery.com - Scientists have studied the sun for decades, sending probes to unravel its 11-year cycles, watching its outbursts and measuring how its winds shape the outer edges of the solar system. But we've never view details...
Submitted By Craig Redman 158 days agoi2.cdn.turner.com - Space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the international space station on Wednesday and began its journey home, ending a nine-day visit highlighted by the installation of a new Japanese lab. view details...
Submitted By Craig Redman 164 days agoi.cdn.turner.com - If Dr. Robert Zubrin could take a trip to Mars, he would be sure to pack a bread maker in his suitcase. Not just because bread is a pretty reliable expeditionary food, but because the act of cooking, view details...
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