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»» Revisiting chicxulub: A broad look at the evidence for a dinosaur-killing impact
[Monday, March 8, 2010] One factor that is not in dispute: the end of the Cretaceous 65.5 million years ago was marked by one of the most devastating extinctions our planet has faced.
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»» Herschel Finds Possible Life-Enabling Molecules in Space
[Sunday, March 7, 2010] The Herschel Space Observatory has revealed the chemical fingerprints of potentially life-enabling organic molecules in the Orion nebula, a nearby stellar nursery in our Milky Way galaxy.
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»» Is That Saturn's Moon Titan or Utah?
[Sunday, March 7, 2010] Planetary scientists have been puzzling for years over the honeycomb patterns and flat valleys with squiggly edges evident in radar images of Saturn's moon Titan.
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»» Scientists find signs of 'snowball Earth' amidst early animal evolution
[Friday, March 5, 2010] Geologists have found evidence that sea ice extended to the equator 716.5 million years ago, bringing new precision to a "snowball Earth" event long suspected to have taken place around that time.
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»» Radar Map of Buried Martian Ice Adds to Climate Record
[Tuesday, March 2, 2010] Extensive radar mapping of the middle-latitude region of northern Mars shows that thick masses of buried ice are quite common beneath protective coverings of rubble.
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»» Penn State Tiny shelled creatures shed light on extinction and recovery 65 million years ago
[Monday, March 1, 2010] An asteroid strike may not only account for the demise of ocean and land life 65 million years ago, but may explain the geographic unevenness of extinctions and recovery, according to Penn State geoscientists.
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»» Cassini Finds Plethora of Plumes, Hotspots at Enceladus
[Tuesday, February 23, 2010] Newly released images from last November's swoop over Enceladus by Cassini reveal a forest of new jets spraying from prominent fractures crossing the south polar region and yield the most detailed temperature map to date of one fracture.
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»» NASA and the future of space exploration: what do YOU think?
[Sunday, February 21, 2010] Veteran space journalist and NASA Advisory Council member Miles O'Brien will testify on Capitol Hill. What do you think? We appreciate your participation in this short survey.
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»» Voyager Celebrates 20-Year-Old Valentine to Solar System
[Monday, February 15, 2010] Twenty years ago NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft had sailed beyond the outermost planet in our solar system and turned its camera inward to snap a series of final images that would be its parting valentine to the string of planets it called home.
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»» AbSciCon 2010 Student Funding Opportunity
[Saturday, February 13, 2010] The NASA Astrobiology Institute is offering funding for students and postdocs to attend the Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2010 in League City, Texas, on April 26-29, 2010.
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