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Thin Ice May Have Helped Ancient Lakes Survive on Mars
Learn how researchers were able to use a climate model to uncover information about water on ancient Mars.
A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...
If humans are ever to land on Mars, they will need somewhere to stay—a protective shell that can shield them from the sun’s harsh rays. One possible answer: great, glassy domes of ice. Mars is rich in ...
New climate modeling suggests that small lakes on ancient Mars could have stayed liquid for decades, even in a generally cold environment. Small lakes on early Mars may have stayed in liquid form for ...
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Frozen Mars lakes may have survived thanks to a thin ice lid
Hints of buried water on Mars have swung between tantalizing and controversial, but one idea keeps resurfacing: lakes could ...
NASA has launched a competition to help develop food sources for astronauts on Mars. The winning idea might even help people ...
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Earth’s toughest microbes might be the key to living on Mars
Mars looks familiar in telescope images, but its thin air, deep cold and radiation soaked surface would kill an unprotected ...
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Viruses may be more powerful in the International Space Station's microgravity environment
The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...
Some of climate change's sharpest realities are being felt on small island nations, where extreme weather is claiming homes ...
I’ve been noticing how hard it feels to stop. Even today, as the busiest (not much snow) season winds down, I feel like I’m ...
Dating back to 1895, Sheffield is home to one of the oldest fish and chip shops in the UK, with customers still queuing out ...
“Janet Echelman: Radical Softness” at Sarasota Art Museum showcases four decades of Echelman’s ethereal sculptures and ...
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