NASA's Mars-orbiting Maven spacecraft has discovered that the sun robbed the red planet of its once-thick atmosphere and water, scientists said on Thursday. (Nov. 5)
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NASA (Nov. 6, 2013) — Jane Houston Jones: What's Up for November? MAVEN launches to Mars and Comet ISON should be visible before dawn.
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Reuters (Feb. 27, 2013) — American entrepreneur, Dennis Tito, says he wants to launch a manned mission to Mars in January 2018, but researchers at NASA and Stanford University argue that it may be better to visit the ... watch video
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Xinhua News Agency (Aug. 6, 2012) — The most high-tech Mars rover ever built has landed on the red planet.
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Reuters - US Online Video (Dec. 16, 2014) — NASA's Mars Curiosity rover finds methane in the Martian atmosphere and organic chemicals in the planet's soil, the latest hint that Mars was once suitable for microbial life. Linda So reports.
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Newsy (June 3, 2015) — Nasa needs more than just parachutes to slow down heavy probes entering the Martian atmosphere, to say nothing of human-scale mission payloads.
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Reuters (July 24, 2012) — An experimental heat shield developed by NASA has survived a trip through Earth's atmosphere while traveling at hypersonic speeds up to 7600 mph (12,231 kph). In a test flight, the Inflatable Reentry ... watch video
Reuters (Nov. 18, 2013) — NASA's new Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission, or MAVEN, launches into space for a mission designed to better understand Mars' atmosphere. Rough Cut (no reporter ... watch video
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July 12, 2016 — Neutrinos produced in the core of a supernova are highly localized compared to neutrinos from all other known sources, researchers report. With a new estimate for an entity characterizing neutrinos, ... read more
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July 11, 2016 — If the origin of life is common on other worlds, the universe should be a cosmic zoo full of complex multicellular organisms. Scientists use the evolution of Earth life as a ... read more
July 11, 2016 — Astronomers have discovered a new dwarf planet orbiting in the disk of small icy worlds beyond Neptune. The new object is about 700 km in diameter and has one of the largest ... read more
Nov. 5, 2015 — NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and ... read more
May 23, 2015 — One day, when humans go to Mars, they might find that, occasionally, the Red Planet has green skies. NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has detected evidence of widespread auroras in Mars's northern ... read more
Sep. 22, 2014 — NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft successfully entered Mars' orbit at 7:24 p.m. PDT (10:24 p.m. EDT) Sunday, Sept. 21, where it now will prepare to study the ... read more
Sep. 18, 2014 — NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is nearing its scheduled Sept. 21 insertion into Martian orbit after completing a 10-month interplanetary journey of 442 million ... read more
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