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Scientists Uncover New Evidence for Life on Ancient Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 29, 2016
Pictures from NASA’s Spirit Rover suggest that ancient life on Mars may have been involved in the building of silica deposits.

By David Aragorn
‘Thigh Bone’ on Mars Is Just Another Rock, NASA Says 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 25, 2016
A photo from NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars set the Internet abuzz this week with claims that the robot had found a “thigh bone” on the Red Planet. But not so fast. That so-called bone? Just a weathered Martian rock, NASA says.

By David Aragorn
Hard Crash-Landing May Have Wrecked Europe’s Mars Probe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 25, 2016
Pictures taken by a NASA satellite show a black spot where the Schiaparelli lander was meant to touch down Wednesday.

By David Aragorn
Behold The Dark Sand Dunes Of Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 24, 2016
The HiRISE camera mounted on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which is exploring the history of water on Mars, snapped this photo of a circular depression on the Red Planet’s surface.

By David Aragorn
NASA just released 1,035 new images of Mars — here are some of the best 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 24, 2016
Mars, despite being nicknamed the red planet, has a large verity of different colors on its surface.

By David Aragorn
Mars ice deposit holds as much water as Lake Superior 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 23, 2016
Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what’s in Lake Superior, largest of the Great Lakes, a team of scientists led by The University of Texas at Austin has determined using data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

By David Aragorn
NASA Hints About Asteroid It Plans To Pluck And Place In Moon’s Orbit? ‘2008 EV5’ Could Be Part Of Asteroid Redirect Mission 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 22, 2016
NASA appears to be serious about its ambitious Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) that was being discussed last year.

By David Aragorn
EMDrive Peer-Reviewed Essay May Prove NASA’s ‘Impossible’ Rocket Thruster Really Works 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 22, 2016
The Journal of Propulsion and Power, a peer-reviewed journal published by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), published a paper this week asserting that radio frequency cavity thrusters such as the electromagnetic thruster, or EmDrive, are theoretically viable.

By David Aragorn
Trump Space Reform May Force NASA To Ditch SLS Rocket And Orion Spacecraft 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 19, 2016
Donald Trump wants to take a giant leap forward in the public-private partnership in outer space and may tell NASA to ditch their own launch vehicles in favor of using commercial spacecraft on a contract basis.

By David Aragorn
NASA Says That Hypersonic Planes are “Inevitable”0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 17, 2016
The future of hyper-fast flight could be taking off very soon.

By David Aragorn