items tagged with Mars
Power depleted Martian rovers caught by expanding dust storm
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-21 08:41:09
What was considered several weeks ago by NASA as just a weather delay for descending Victoria Crater is now a massive dust storm on Mars that has the potential of permanently shutting down one or both of the solar-powered Mars Exploration Rovers Opportunity and Spirit.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-21 08:41:09
What was considered several weeks ago by NASA as just a weather delay for descending Victoria Crater is now a massive dust storm on Mars that has the potential of permanently shutting down one or both of the solar-powered Mars Exploration Rovers Opportunity and Spirit.
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Opportunity’s next opportunity for discovery awaits at Victoria
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-09 08:10:13
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is parked at the rim of Victoria Crater waiting to descent into its interior for what could be a treasure trove of information from the planet’s past.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-09 08:10:13
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is parked at the rim of Victoria Crater waiting to descent into its interior for what could be a treasure trove of information from the planet’s past.
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Weird science goes to space in search of life
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-06 19:58:49
According to the National Research Council (NRC), the search for extraterrestrial (ET) life beyond Earth’s solar system should be widened throughout the universe to include investigations that includes “weird” life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-06 19:58:49
According to the National Research Council (NRC), the search for extraterrestrial (ET) life beyond Earth’s solar system should be widened throughout the universe to include investigations that includes “weird” life.
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Martian storm blocks Sun, delays Opportunity’s descent into Victoria Crater
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-04 17:17:50
A massive Martian dust storm has blocked sunlight that provides power to Opportunity, one of the two robotic probes of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission. Opportunity’s descent into Victoria Crater will be delayed as a result.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-04 17:17:50
A massive Martian dust storm has blocked sunlight that provides power to Opportunity, one of the two robotic probes of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission. Opportunity’s descent into Victoria Crater will be delayed as a result.
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Earth and Moon cores similar, adds support to impact theory
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-02 20:56:06
New research compared silicon samples taken from the Earth, meteorites, and planetary materials. The results show that the Earth’s core and the Moon’s core contain the same silicon isotopic material, supporting the impact theory that the two were one body until a large impact separated them.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-02 20:56:06
New research compared silicon samples taken from the Earth, meteorites, and planetary materials. The results show that the Earth’s core and the Moon’s core contain the same silicon isotopic material, supporting the impact theory that the two were one body until a large impact separated them.
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