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Phoenix Mission on Mars

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Overview Mars is a cold desert planet with no liquid water on its surface. But in the Martian arctic, water ice lurks just below ground level. Discoveries made by the Mars Odyssey Orbiter in 2002 show large amounts of subsurface water ice in the northern arctic plain. The Phoenix lander targets this circumpolar region using... »

Mayflower

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No no December. In the last few years, I have been repeatedly asked to go to the church by my boss and his wife. I have also involuntarily prayed to their god during company’s lunches or meetings. I have been expressed many times that I do not believe anything beyond our physical world. But, my boss... »

Triple planetary treat

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Seth Borenstein reports that Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appear to nestle together in the predawn skies about 45 minutes before dawn on Sunday. These three planets will be so close that the average person’s thumb can obscure all three from view. This won’t happen again till 2053. Jupiter will be white, Mercury pinkish,... »

Mars' Victoria Crater

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This stereo view of Mars’ Victoria Crater combines two of the three images taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. A red-colored image was acquired with the orbiter pointed 3.84 degrees to the west and a blue-colored one with the orbiter pointed 16.2 degrees to... »

NASA Images Suggest Water Still Flows in Brief Spurts on Mars

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NASA photographs have revealed bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars that suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years. Liquid water, as opposed to the water ice and water vapor known to exist at Mars, is considered necessary for life. The new findings heighten intrigue about the potential... »

Food is needed, when we travel to Mars.

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Plants don’t get anxious in the same way that humans do. But they do suffer from stress, and they deal with it in much the same way. They produce a chemical signal — superoxide (O2 -) — that puts... »

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Can we prevent Alzheimer's Disease?

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Alzheimer’s disease is still destroying people’s brains. The cause remains unknown. Around the world, there will be walks to raise money for medical research.... »