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Fresh pics of Mars’ groovy moon
New close-up images of Phobos will help determine the landing site for the first craft slated to touch down there.
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Miniplanet sports megapeak
The solar system’s second tallest mountain hides out in a crater at the south pole of the asteroid Vesta.
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Space Eats
Astronaut journey to Mars requires new age nibbles.
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2011 Science News of the Year: Atom & Cosmos
Not so fast, neutrinos News of particles zipping along faster than light (SN: 10/22/11, p. 18) was met with universal skepticism — including from the physicists in Italy who reported the results. But the Gran Sasso National Laboratory’s OPERA team hasn’t found any source of error that could explain how the neutrinos appeared to shave […]
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Atom & Cosmos
NASA’s new old design for a shuttle replacement, plus Mars’ growth spurt, the most remote object and more in this week’s news.
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Food for Mars
Astronauts may have to survive in orbit for months dining on a really limited menu of processed foods and reconstituted beverages served from oh-so-glamorous plastic pouches. Luckily, even the International Space Station can restock its pantry several times a year because these foods are relatively perishable. Which explains the problem NASA faces in planning for really long missions — like a trip to Mars.
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- Astronomy
Mars organics get new lease on life
More than three decades after the Viking mission failed to find compounds necessary for carbon-based life, a new analysis suggests they could actually be present at detectable levels in the planet’s soil.
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Mars shows signs of recent activity
The surface of Mars had abundant liquid water as well as volcanic activity during the past 100 million years, a new study of the Martian atmosphere suggests.
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Gravity Probe B finally pays off
A half century in the making, an orbiting experiment finally confirms Einstein's general relativity.
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Mediterranean microfossils offer hope for finding life on Mars
A discovery in sulfate minerals on Earth suggests the possibility of similar signs of life on the Red Planet.
