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Mar's Impact Crater: The Largest in Solar System Sparks Intense Scientific Interest

Recent analysis of the Red Planet's terrain using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Global Surveyor spacecraft observations revealed what appeared to be by far the largest impact crater ever found in the solar system. NASA’s Viking orbiters observed in the 1970s that the bottom two-thirds of Mars was about two miles higher in altitude than its top third. Planetary scientists have since bandied about two hypotheses to explain the dichotomy: either some odd internal dynamics of Mars...Read Full Story

The Largest Crater in the Solar System Sparks Intense Scientific Interest

By CaseyKazan on | From dailygalaxy.com

Recent analysis of the Red Planet's terrain using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Global Surveyor spacecraft observations revealed what appears to be by far the largest impact crater ever found in the solar system. NASA’s Viking orbiters observed in the 1970s that the bottom two-thirds of Mars was about two miles higher in altitude than its top third. Planetary scientists have since bandied about two hypotheses to explain the dichotomy: either some odd internal dynamics of Mars...Read Full Story

Mars Global Surveyor - Mission Highlights

By expertblogs on | From factsaboutmars.net

The Mars Global Surveyor circled the red planet for 9 years and 52 days. Longer than any other Mars missions to date. The MGS produced a total of 250,000 images of Mars and contributed some of the most relevant discoveries that served as building blocks of current and future missions. This include: Before and after images of 2 gullies in Mars that shows new deposits. This is evidence the liquid water still flows on Mars from time to time. The Infrared spectrometer found traces of...Read Full Story

Do Earth Clues Point to the Solar System's Largest Crater?

By CaseyKazan on | From dailygalaxy.com

The prehistoric Chicxulub crater left by an asteroid collision in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula could yield clues about what Mars was like billions of years ago, according to NASA planetary geologist Adriana Ocampo, who is studying buried deep under southeastern Mexico for hints about what impact craters can reveal about planet formation. Her work could shed light on a giant crater on the surface of Mars -the largest in the Solar System- that was created by an impact from an object the size of...Read Full Story

Future Mars Rover mission Earthbound a little while longer

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NASA's next-gen Mars Rover mission has suffered yet another setback: Development problems and increasing costs are threatening to delay the landing of a nuclear-powered rover on Mars next... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Read Full Story

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Is the search for water on Mars worth the expense?

Is the search for water on Mars worth the expense?Baltimore SunAfter reading your "Running water found on Mars?" (Aug. 4), I started reading between the lines. Two rovers were sent to Mars in 2004. Can anyone tell me how much taxpayers funds have been spent on the hardware, facilities, equipment and support staff ...and more »

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NASA's Mars Rover 'Curiosity' Switches On First Instrument

TPMNASA's Mars Rover 'Curiosity' Switches On First InstrumentTPMThis will allow scientists to determine how much radiation human astronauts would be exposed to. RAD will also be used to investigate how said radiation has affected the soil on Mars. NASA's Mars Rover ' Curiosity ' Switches On First Instrument.Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Space Radiation WorkDiscovery NewsNew NASA Rover Studying Space Radiation En Route to MarsSpace.comMars Rover...

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New evidence of water on Mars

New evidence of water on MarsThe HinduThe indefatigable quest for firm evidence of liquid water on ancient Mars appears to have finally succeeded. NASA's Opportunity rover recently discovered a dozen bright veins of gypsum mineral and the results were presented at a meeting of the American ...

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Looking for evidence of water on the planet Mars, or history of surface water. The Mars Rover mission is now supplying incredible data for analsysis. What would the discovery of water mean to NASA and the space community?

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