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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Astro-Geology

Martian 'egg cups' could trace past climate

Martian pedestal craters, like this one in Amazonis Planitia, may have formed in regions that used to boast thick layers of ice-rich soil (Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)

Thousands of Martian craters that are elevated on pedestals like giant egg cups could hide ice from past eras, when the planet's tilt was different

Probe hints Venus once had oceans and plate tectonics

Europe's Venus Express orbiter suggests that some of the planet's surface is made of granite, which on Earth needs water and plate tectonics to form

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