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  1. Planetary Science

    Water’s role in Martian chemistry becoming clearer

    As mission nears end, Phoenix Mars Lander finds strong evidence for minerals similar to those formed on Earth by liquid water.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Planetary Science

    Dispatch from Mars, Sol 4

    The good news is a tentative sighting of ice by the Mars Phoenix Lander. The bad news is the discovery of a glitch in the system that will analyze soil samples.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Planetary Science

    Touchdown! Phoenix lands on Mars

    The first close-up color images of the northern arctic circle on the Red Planet were recorded by the Mars Phoenix Lander spacecraft only a few hours after its flawless descent at 7:38 p.m. EDT, May 25. The detailed images suggest ice lies beneath the hard soil.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Planetary Science

    Tasting ice

    Phoenix Mars Lander drills for ice.

    By Ashley Yeager
  5. Space

    Phoenix gets ready for work

    After a day’s delay, scientists successfully sent up commands to unstow the robotic arm of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander.

    By Ron Cowen
  6. Planetary Science

    See how it lands

    A camera on a Mars-orbiting spacecraft caught an image of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suspended from its parachute just before it descended onto the Red Planet’s northern plains on May 25.

    By Ron Cowen
  7. Earth

    Oldest zircon fine-tunes history of moon’s formation

    Mineral bit provides clues about when our cosmic companion formed its crust.

    By Sid Perkins
  8. Space

    Surprising signal

    Potential contaminant found on Red Planet does not rule out its prospect for habitability.

    By Ashley Yeager
  9. Science & Society

    2008: Science news of the year

    Science News editors and writers survey the top news from the world of science in 2008. The selected stories are featured in this year-end issue, with links to the original, longer stories.

    By Science News
  10. Space

    Rosetta finds a rocky jewel

    On September 5, the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission became the first spacecraft to take a close-up portrait of a rare type of asteroid that lies in the main belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

    By Ron Cowen
  11. Astronomy

    Visions of dirt

    Phoenix Lander gets first close-up of Martian soil.

    By Ashley Yeager
  12. Humans

    Moonsleeping bad for spacewalking

    Day three of the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting offered news about Down syndrome and sleep cycles.

    By Laura Sanders