Mars

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Evidence of life on Mars lurks beneath surface of meteorite, Nasa experts claim Hannah Devlin Nasa scientists have produced the most compelling evidence yet that bacterial life exists...

In this article: NASA, Antarctica, Viking, University of Nevada, and Bill Clinton

...the Antarctic 13,000 years ago, Nasa scientists believe. Their fossilised remains have been found in the rock, which was blasted out of Mars 16 million years ago as the solar system was forming. The meteorite, called Allen Hills 84001,...

In this article: NASA, Waste, Beagle 2, Open University, Astronomy Now, and UK

...Regional-scale Environmental Surveyor (Ares), around the size of a small plane, will be folded into a rocket and launched to the red planet. It would be the first aircraft ever to fly over another world. After entering the atmosphere in a...

In this article: NASA, Phoenix, Spirit, Titan, California Institute of Technology, and Saturn

...away. If we Earthlings are looking for a place to establish our first colonies in space, it is surely Mars. Steven Cutts's book about Mars, Viking Village, is available in December 2009 (Pen Press) Post a Comment Offensive or...

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...computer program to produce a new and more detailed global map of the valley networks on Mars, which adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting the Red Planet once had an ocean. The study was carried out by scientists from Northern...

In this article: Red Planet, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Mariner 9, Northern Illinois University, Washington, and Houston

...covered a third of Mars, scientists believe. Such a stunning prospect greatly increases the chances of life having existed on the Red Planet, the fourth from the Sun in our solar system. Researchers have come to the conclusion after...

In this article: Northern Illinois University, NASA, Red Planet, Soup, Mariner 9, Viking 1, Sun, and Kathmandu

A single large ocean once covered much of the northern half of Mars, supplied with water from a belt of rain-fed rivers, new research suggests. Scientists have produced a new map showing that Martian valley networks are more than twice as...

...on Monday. The computer-generated map, based on topographic data from NASA satellites, also shows that the network of valleys on the red planet is at least twice as extensive as previously estimated. "The relatively high values over...

In this article: NASA, Geography, Mariner 9, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Northern Illinois University, and Houston, Texas

Mars was covered by huge ocean, say experts A single large ocean once covered much of the northern half of Mars, supplied with water from a belt of rain-fed rivers, new research suggests. Published: 8:00AM GMT 24 Nov 2009 The new map...

In this article: Mariner 9, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Northern Illinois University, US, and Houston, Texas

...a week after Nasa, the American space agency, announced that they had found water on the surface of the Red Planet, raising hopes of finding life on Mars. New maps showing that the valleys cover a larger area than previously appreciated...

In this article: NASA, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Northern Illinois University, and Houston, Texas