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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Astronomical News


Despite satellite images that show vast networks of channels, past Mars rover missions have shown limited evidence for flowing water on Mars. Now, rocks analyzed by NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover team, including Linda Kah, associate [...]

 

A chemical reaction between iron-containing minerals and water may produce enough hydrogen “food” to sustain microbial communities living in pores and cracks within the enormous volume of rock below the ocean floor and parts of [...]



When Curiosity was coasting through interplanetary space on its way to Mars, I doubt it considered the possibility that the landing site inside Gale Crater would be a pebbly beach -- almost.
A large asteroid that will sail relatively close past Earth on Friday is not alone.
We've all seen familiar objects in random shapes, but what are the top ten examples of pareidolia on Mars?
A crowd-funding campaign to include public participation in a planned privately owned asteroid-hunting telescope was closing in on the halfway point of a $1 million goal -- in its first day. 
A radiation sensor inside NASA’s Curiosity rover shows that, even under the best-case scenario, future Mars travelers will face a huge amount of radiation.
From a distance, Saturn's rings look solid and unchanging. Up close, they reveal dynamic behavior that isn't easy to explain.
Is it a rat? Or is it a rock? (It's a rock.) 
For rocky planets like Earth the key to holding on to water, a prime ingredient for life, is: location, location, location.

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