Mars

Mine Life May Show How Martian Life Exists

United Press International | Posted 12.22.2008 | Home


Scientists could learn about Martian water life by plumbing a spring in an iron ore mine in Minnesota's Iron Range, University of Minnesota researcher...

NASA Rover Sees Falling Snow On Mars

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home


LOS ANGELES — NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first...

Salt In Martian Soil Not Bad For Life, Scientists Say

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home


LOS ANGELES — Traces of a rocket fuel ingredient found in the Martian soil would not necessarily hinder potential life, mission scientists said ...

Harsh Martian Soil May Be Adverse To Life, Scientists Say

Posted 08.05.2008 | Home


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Nasa TV: Water On Mars

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green


Olivia Zaleski

NASA Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water, Mission Extended Breaking news . . . NASA is reporting water on mars. Scientists confirmed the discovery yest...

Ice On Mars Confirmed By Phoenix Lander

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home


LOS ANGELES — The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday. By melting icy soil in one of it...

Mars Pictures From European Spacecraft Are Incredible (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.16.2008 | Home


The European spacecraft in orbit around Mars has sent back these incredible, high-resolution images of the planet's surface. The photos remind us tha...

Ice on Mars: Good for the Jews?

Marty Kaplan | Posted 06.30.2008 | Living


Marty Kaplan

If scientists believe that invisible dark matter and unobservable dark energy make up the vast majority of the universe, then why should mystical accounts of an unseeable cosmos be any more inconceivable?

Mars Can Support Life: Nasa Scientists "Flabbergasted" At Data Results

Reuters | Jill Serjeant | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home


"Flabbergasted" NASA scientists said on Thursday that Martian soil appeared to contain the requirements to support life, although more work would be n...

Exposed Ice Crumbs Found By Mars Lander, NASA Believes

AP | JOHN ANTCZAK | Posted 06.19.2008 | Home


LOS ANGELES — Scientists believe NASA's Phoenix Mars lander exposed bits of ice while recently digging a trench in the soil of the Martian arcti...

The Daily Szep- The Mars landing

Paul Szep | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics


Paul Szep

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Ice On Mars: NASA Says Discovery A Step Towards Finding Evidence Of Life

Daily Mail | Posted 06.01.2008 | Home


NASA scientists yesterday said they had found ice on Mars -- a step towards finding evidence of life. Sharp new images received from their Phoenix l...

Human triumph on Mars

Phil Plait | Posted 05.26.2008 | Living


Phil Plait

This is what we humans can do when we try. When we persist and learn from our mistakes, we can literally touch other worlds.

Spacecraft Lands Successfully On Mars, Sends Back First Images Of Polar Regions

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 05.25.2008 | Home


PASADENA, Calif. — NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spent its first full day in the Martian arctic plains checking its instruments in preparation for ...

Spacecraft Photographs Mars Avalanche

AP | Posted 03.04.2008 | Home


PASADENA, Calif. — A robotic spacecraft circling Mars has snapped the first image of a series of active avalanches near the planet's north pole,...

Chocolate Makers Accused Of Price Fixing

Times | Christine Buckle | Posted 02.11.2008 | Business


Some of the world's leading chocolate manufacturers could face tough fines after German authorities raided seven companies in a price-fixing investiga...

Valentine Chocolates: Child Labor Inside?

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 01.07.2008 | Business


John Tepper Marlin

Some chocolate makers have long had a reputation for enlightened leadership. But this reputation is now being strongly challenged.

DOJ Investigating Price Fixing Among Chocolate Makers

Reuters | Aarthi Sivaraman, Justin Grant and Diane Bartz | Posted 12.20.2007 | Business


The U.S. Justice Department is looking into possible price fixing in the chocolate industry, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday on its Web s...

Google Lunar XPrize Takes Off

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 09.13.2007 | Business


Esther Wojcicki

Over three decades after humanity last put a representative on the Moon, a new era in space exploration begins today in Los Angeles as the Google Lunar XPrize launches.