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Meteorite Found in Antarctica May Help Reveal Secrets of Life on Mars

Miller Range 03346 nakhlite (NASA)
May 3, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Geologists led by Dr Lydia Hallis from the University of Hawaii have examined a meteorite that formed on Mars more than 1 billion years ago to determine if conditions were ever right on the planet to sustain life. Miller Range 03346 nakhlite (NASA) The meteorite, called Miller Range 03346 nakhlite (MIL 03346), was recovered in 2003 in the Miller Range of Antarctica. About the size of a tennis ball and weighing in at one-and-a-half pounds, MIL 03346...

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Cassini spacecraft has recently provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole. The hurricane's eye is about 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) wide, 20 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI)

Planetary Scientists Explain Youthful Appearance of Saturn

May 1, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Exeter and the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France, has revealed how Saturn, the sixth...

This image of the comet ISON was taken on April 10, 2013, when the comet was slightly closer than Jupiter's orbit at a distance of 386 million miles from the Sun (NASA / ESA / J.-Y. Li, Planetary Science Institute / Hubble Comet ISON Imaging Science Team)

Hubble Snaps Clearest View Yet of Comet ISON

Apr 24, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

NASA scientists have released the clearest view yet of the comet ISON, a newly discovered sungrazing comet that may light up the sky later this year. This...

This color view of Enceladus was taken by Cassini spacecraft on 31 January 2011, from a distance of 50,330 miles (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / G. Ugarković)

Cassini Spacecraft Puts Enceladus in New Light

Apr 23, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers at the European Space Agency have released a new view of the Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. This color view of Enceladus was taken by Cassini...

Electron image of a silica grain found in GRV 021710 meteorite

Researchers Find Silica Grains from Ancient Supernova in Meteorites

Apr 22, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has discovered tiny grains of sand from ancient supernova in two primitive meteorites. Primitive carbonaceous chondrite...

A perspective view of a 30-mile crater in Thaumasia Planum, Mars (ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / G. Neukum)

Dramatic Underground Explosions Responsible for Twin Crater Pits on Mars

Apr 17, 2013 by Sci-News.com

Massive underground explosions, perhaps involving ice, have created the pits inside two large impact craters in the Thaumasia Planum region on Mars, say...

Europa global views in natural and enhanced colors (NASA / JPL / University of Arizona)

Essential Ingredient for Life Found in Abundance on Europa

Apr 8, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A new study published online in the Astrophysical Journal Letters (arXiv.org version) shows that hydrogen peroxide – an important energy supply for...

The International Space Station taken during STS-134 mission's fourth spacewalk. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) was installed one week earlier during the mission's first spacewalk (NASA)

Antimatter Hunter aboard International Space Station Detects Hints of Dark Matter

Apr 4, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of scientists using the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer aboard the International Space Station has announced the first results in the...

Voyager 1 spacecraft (NASA)

Scientists: Voyager 1 Has Left the Solar System

Mar 20, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a new study published today online in the Geophysical Research Letters, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft appears to have exited the heliosphere. Voyager...

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