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  Mars Looks a Lot Like Las Vegas

  By John Casey | Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:34 PM ET

  originally planned as 3-month missions on Mars."Technically, it's a stellar achievement for the robots to still be operating after all this time in Mars' punishing environment. And the data they're collected is adding immesuarbly to our understanding of the red planet. I'm just wondering wha Read More

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  Water Ice: Not Just for Earthlings Any More

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:49 AM ET

  the surface of Mars, a layer of water ice forms on the surface. This discovery came about when scientists, checking out images sent by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, noticed bright spots in previously dark areas. Investigating with a spectrometer, it quickly became clear that th Read More

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  Is It All Over for the Rover?

  By David Bois | Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:52 PM ET

  in an effort to try additional one more round of rover-saving maneuvers early next month. Image courtesy of NASA, via Wikimedia Common Read More

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  Overhead View of the Beauty of Mars

  By David Bois | Mon Sep 7, 2009 5:21 PM ET

  of researchers at the University of Arizona, a vast image data set collected by the MRO has been compiled for release to the public, showing Mars to demonstrate a compellingly varied surface replete with channels, craters, gullies and crystalline deposits of varying and sometimes vibran Read More

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  Mysterious Martian Methane

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  Cows, in particular, are well known for their impressive methane production. After some study, the researchers determined that the methane on Mars was relatively recent (no more than 300 years old). They also found that the methane appeared to originate in three areas of the planet. Then Read More

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  Martian "Block Island" Far From Atlantic

  By John Casey | Wed Aug 5, 2009 12:00 PM ET

  on, guys. You're NASA and all that, but it's OK to get a little excited now and then. Live a little. (Image Credit Read More

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  Making Sure Nothing Mars The Long Trip

  By David Bois | Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  to explore.With the three-month test complete, an additional test of 520 days in length, far closer to what would be required of travel to and from Mars, is set to begin in the same Russian facility next year.(Photo of Mars and Acidalia, by NASA / Hubble Telescope, via Wikimedi Read More

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  Mars Attacks Our Imagination

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:08 PM ET

  is probably exactly why even in the midst of an economic crisis a slim majority of Americans still think the country should pursue a mission to Mars. According to a newly released CBS News poll released to coincide with today’s 40th anniversary of the lunar landing, 51 percent of American Read More

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• Breakthrough Discovery of Lake on Mars

  By David Bois | Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:05 AM ET

  once existed on the red planet. While geomorphic features such as braided channels and their sinuous counterparts have for years been observed on Mars and understood to indicate formation by moving water, this breakthrough offers the first-of-its-kind evidence of standing surface water.    Read More

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  That's Life (As It May Be on Mars)!

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:19 PM ET

  down to -56˚C, little oxygen, low nutrients, high pressure and limited space." Photo: Image courtesy of Society for Genera Read More

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