Topic: Mars (Planet)
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Man and Mars through history
A look back over centuries at man's attempt to uncover information about the 'Red Planet.'Sources: NASA, American Museum of Natural History, and Scientific American
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Can the national debt be cut? How Republican candidates' plans compare.
Here's a comparative look at the candidates based on the group's numbers.
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David Foster Wallace's 10 favorite books
The late great novelist David Foster Wallace's 10 favorite books.
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In Pictures: Timeline of American rockets
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Massive craters
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Where should NASA go next: moon or Mars?
The moon is closer, but a Mars mission could be the Apollo 11 of this era.
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The Monitor's View: Facts, then feet on the moon
Is Obama hesitating to send humans to the moon, and then perhaps to Mars? He shouldn't.
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Paging Ziggy Stardust: Scientists hail 'unambiguous' evidence of Mars lake
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Ancient lake shore on Mars: Primo spot for hunting signs of past life?
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Uncertain NASA gets familiar former astronaut boss
Retired General Charles Bolden gets high praise from those who've flown with him.
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Life's foothold on Earth may reach back 4.4 billion years
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Potential 'water world' may be just another ice ball
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Antarctic discovery: Microorganisms live millions of years without light or oxygen
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Soon to grow on the moon: Brussels sprouts and flowers
Not only does the White House have a vegetable garden, the moon may, too, in a few years. And flowers, too.
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COLBERT treadmill? NASA tips visor to Colbert Nation's vote
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Kepler mission to hunt for planets just our size
The US will launch the Kepler spacecraft Friday to look for other Earths.
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Moon base: Location, location, location
NASA’s attempts to figure out how astronauts will survive the frigid, 334-hour lunar night lead it to a sunlit crater rim near the south pole.
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Did water leave calling cards in a Martian crater?
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Researchers study the other greenhouse gas: water vapor
By tracking specific origins of moisture, scientists can better predict regional rain and snowfall.
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The Pluto Files
A lively account of the ‘exile’ of Pluto, everyone’s favorite ex-planet.
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Methane on Mars. Does that mean... life?
Mars looks like it's reading from a Monty Python script: "Oi'm not dead yet; Oi'm getting bettah."
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Mars methane: from microbes or minerals?
Mars could be biologically alive, geologically alive, or some combination.
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The ‘micro’ enterprise that is chip repair
Rodrigo Alvarez can’t afford to replace the defective microprocessors on which his PhD depends, and so he’s learning to fix them himself.
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The League of Mars-bound Gentlemen
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After the landers of (Mars') summer have gone
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NASA delays Mars Science Laboratory launch to 2011
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NASA delays flagship Mars rover launch to 2011
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The Monitor's View: A Dickens of a Thanksgiving
After his father was jailed for debt, Dickens wrote: Reflect on your blessings.
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Horizon highlights – Planning ahead edition
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