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DNA analysis may be done on Mars for first time - space - 09 April 2009 - New ScientistIn August 1996, molecular biologist Gary Ruvkun was about to reveal one of the biggest discoveries of his scientific career. His lab at Harvard Medical School had recently found a gene called age-1 that determines lifespan in roundworms. Their work offered the tantalising possibility that ...
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One Mars Rover Sees A Distant Goal; The Other Takes A New RouteOne Mars Rover Sees A Distant Goal; The Other Takes A New Route ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2009) — On a plain that stretches for miles in every direction, the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has caught a first glimpse on the horizon of the uplifted rim of the big crater that has ...
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Dawn Finishes Mars PhaseThis image was taken near the point of closest approach to Mars on Feb. 17, 2009, during Dawn's gravity assist flyby. Image credit: NASA/JPL/MPS/DLR/IDA, and the Dawn Flight Team (PhysOrg.com) -- With Mars disappearing in its metaphorical rearview mirror, NASA's Dawn spacecraft's next stop is ...
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Scientists Find Asteroids Are Missing, and Possibly Why( PhysOrg.com) -- The patterns of missing asteroids are like the footprints of wandering giant planets preserved in the asteroid belt. University of Arizona scientists have uncovered a curious case of missing asteroids. The main asteroid belt is a zone containing millions of rocky objects ...
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First liquid water may have been spotted on Mars - space - 18 February 2009 - New ScientistNASA's Phoenix lander may have captured the first images of liquid water on Mars - droplets that apparently splashed onto the spacecraft's leg during landing, according to some members of the Phoenix team. The controversial observation could be explained by the mission's previous discovery of ...
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Prize for Tweeting From MarsLike all good things that draw an audience, Twitter users are now eligible to win awards. They're known, perhaps inevitably because of the super-brief "tweets," as the Shorty Awards. The ceremony is Wednesday night, in Brooklyn, N.Y., just across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan, and one ...
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Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Resumes DrivingNASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit resumed driving Saturday after engineers gained confidence from diagnostic activities earlier in the week evaluating how well the rover senses its orientation.
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Welcome to Explorations in Science with Dr. Michio KakuTheoretical Physicist, Professor, Bestselling Author, Popularizer of ScienceSonny Turski added 11 months ago
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Methane On Mars May Indicate Living Planet - SlashdotNASA is announcing today that the definitive detection of methane in the Martian atmosphere means the planet is still alive, at least geologically, and perhaps even biologically. Methane On Mars May Indicate Living Planet - Slashdot
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Martian Methane Reveals the Red Planet is not a Dead PlanetMars today is a world of cold and lonely deserts, apparently without life of any kind, at least on the surface. Worse still, it looks like Mars has been cold and dry for billions of years, with an atmosphere so thin, any liquid water on the surface quickly boils away while the sun's ultraviolet ...
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