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Chaotic Early Solar System Collisions Resembled 'Asteroids' Arcade Game

Dec. 2, 2020 — One Friday evening in 1992, a meteorite ended a more than 150 million-mile journey by smashing into the trunk of a red Chevrolet Malibu in Peekskill, New York. Nearly 30 years later, a new analysis ...

Best Region for Life on Mars Was Far Below Surface

Dec. 2, 2020 — The most habitable region for life on Mars would have been up to several miles below its surface, likely due to subsurface melting of thick ice sheets fueled by geothermal heat, a new study ...

Experiments Unravelling the Mystery of Mars' Moon Phobos

Nov. 30, 2020 — There is no weather in space - but there is weathering: Celestial bodies are bombarded by high energy particles. On the Mars moon Phobos, the situation is complicated: It is hit by particles from the ...

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Field Geology at Mars' Equator Points to Ancient Megaflood

Nov. 20, 2020 — Floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed through Gale Crater on Mars' equator around 4 billion years ago -- a finding that hints at the possibility that life may have ...

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Fast-Moving Gas Flowing Away from Young Star Caused by Icy Comet Vaporization

Nov. 30, 2020 — A unique stage of planetary system evolution has been imaged by astronomers, showing fast-moving carbon monoxide gas flowing away from a star system ...

Ancient Zircon Minerals from Mars Reveal the Elusive Internal Structure of the Red Planet

Nov. 17, 2020 — Analysis of an ancient meteorite from Mars suggests that the mineral zircon may be abundant on the surface of the red planet. By determining the age ...

Scientists Expand Space Instrument's Capabilities

Nov. 16, 2020 — Scientists have expanded the capabilities of the prototype spaceflight instrument Chemistry Organic and Dating Experiment (CODEX), designed for field-based dating of extraterrestrial materials. CODEX ...

Escape from Mars: How Water Fled the Red Planet

Nov. 12, 2020 — Mars once had oceans but is now bone-dry, leaving many to wonder how the water was lost. Researchers have discovered a surprisingly large amount of water in the upper atmosphere of Mars, where it is ...

Mining Rocks in Orbit Could Aid Deep Space Exploration

Nov. 10, 2020 — The first mining experiments conducted in space could pave the way for new technologies to help humans explore and establish settlements on distant worlds, a study ...

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Water May Be Naturally Occurring on All Rocky Planets

Nov. 9, 2020 — Life is deeply dependent on water, but where does water come from? Based on new research, researchers believe it may emerge in connection with the formation ...

Clay Subsoil at Earth's Driest Place May Signal Life on Mars

Nov. 5, 2020 — Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile's dry Atacama Desert suggest that similar deposits below the Martian surface may contain microorganisms, which could be ...

New Remote Sensing Technique Could Bring Key Planetary Mineral Into Focus

Nov. 2, 2020 — The mineral olivine, thought to be a major component inside all planetary bodies, holds secrets about the early formation of the solar system, and a team of researchers has a new way to study it ...

Water on Ancient Mars

Oct. 30, 2020 — A meteorite that originated on Mars billions of years ago reveals details of ancient impact events on the red planet. Certain minerals from the Martian crust in the meteorite are oxidized, suggesting ...

Asteroid's Scars Tell Stories of Its Past

Oct. 30, 2020 — Asteroid Bennu only recently migrated into Earth's neighborhood, according to a detailed analysis of impact marks on boulders on its surface. The report provides a new benchmark for understanding the ...