Topic: Michael Meyer
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Mars rover Curiosity soil analysis: why no news still isn't bad news
The Mars rover Curiosity has finished its first full soil analysis in Gail Crater, and its findings are consistent with those elsewhere on the planet. Researchers say the results form a 'baseline.'
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Ray Bradbury: Why NASA named Curiosity landing site after SciFi writer
Ray Bradbury is the new name for the Mars rover landing site in the Gale Crater. NASA chose Ray Bradbury to honor the iconic writer's legacy and dedication to Mars exploration, NASA officials said.
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NASA's high stakes Mars rover landing (+video)
Excitement builds up for Sunday's scheduled touchdown of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, the most complex robotic explorer ever launched.
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Why is NASA's latest Mars Rover biggest and best yet? (+video)
NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover, expected to land on the Red planet in three weeks, is NASA's most advanced robotic mission yet.
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Spacecraft glitch means NASA will have to wait to learn if Mars rover lands safely (+video)
A glitch in a spacecraft orbiting Mars will make for a blind landing of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet next month.
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Worms from Hell: How deep do they dig?
Worms from Hell? Scientists have discovered a new species of worm called Halicephalobus mephisto in honor of Faust's demon Mephistopheles. It's the deepest living multicell organism found in the Earth.
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Water on Mars first discovered 10 years ago. Is it still there?
Water on Mars first discovered ten years ago, might still flow on the surface of the red planet.
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The Year That Changed the World
Two decades later, a journalist remembers the rapid crumbling of European communism.
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Across the Milky Way, more planet Earths?
Two new discoveries suggest that sunlike solar systems like ours – with life-hosting planets – are more common than previously thought.
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