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NASA wants help builing robotic rocket-plane to explore Mars

By: AuNews

NASA issued a 'teaming opportunity' to private companies and designers for assistance creating the Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Surveyor [ARES]. The team behind the concept hope that it will be accepted as one NASA's 'Discovery' missions aimed at exploring other worlds in our solar system. Other recent proposals put forward for ...

8 days ago

Fossils of Martian bugs found on meteorite that landed on Earth 13,000 ...

By: no1news

New evidence has made it more likely that remnants of Martian microbes were transported to Earth in a meteorite, it was revealed today. A study by scientists from the American space agency Nasa has found chemical signatures in the rock strongly associated with life. The discovery strengthens the case for believing that worm-like structures ...

8 days ago

Bacteria from Mars found inside ancient meteorite

By: intellectual

Martian bacteria arrived on Earth on a meteorite which smashed into the Antarctic 13,000 years ago, Nasa scientists believe. Their fossilised remains have been found in the rock, which was blasted out of Mars 16 million years ago as the solar system was forming. The meteorite, called Allen Hills 84001, made headlines in 1996 after ...

7 days ago

An exciting find on Planet Mars

By: prabirghose

The images sent back to Earth by the ‘Mars Express’ reveal a 35 kilometer wide crater with signs of erosion that could have been due to running water – an exciting find! No – there has been no sightings of any Martians – unless they chose to remain still when the photos were taken. ‘Mars Express’ is a ...

27 days ago