en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/martian/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/martian_caves_may_harbor_alien_l/ A Mars-orbiting satellite recently spotted seven dark spots near the planet's equator that scientists think could be entrances to underground caves. The football-field sized holes were observed by Mars Odyssey's Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) news science 2007-04-02 15:59:18 http://www.newsique.com/science/martian_caves_may_harbor_alien_l/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,263372,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Interesting [6] 70 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/martian_caves_may_harbor_alien_l/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/a_scoop_from_mars_lander_digs_in/ NASA’s newest spacecraft got down and dirty on Mars, taking its first practice scoop of Martian soil ahead of the actual dig expected later this week, scientists said Monday. The test dig made Sunday by Phoenix Mars Lander’s 8-foot-long robotic arm news science 2008-06-03 08:17:57 http://www.newsique.com/science/a_scoop_from_mars_lander_digs_in/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24938726/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/a_scoop_from_mars_lander_digs_in/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/huge_ice_deposits_seen_on_mars/ Large volumes of water ice have probably been detected below Mars' surface, far from the planet's polar ice caps, scientists have said. The Sharad radar experiment, on Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft made the discovery in Mars' mid- news science 2008-03-14 08:24:03 http://www.newsique.com/science/huge_ice_deposits_seen_on_mars/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7294767.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/huge_ice_deposits_seen_on_mars/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/gasp_even_martian_dirt_points_to/ The strongest evidence yet that ancient Mars was much wetter than it is now has been unearthed by NASA's Spirit rover. A patch of Martian soil kicked up and analyzed by Spirit appears to be rich in silica, which suggests it would have required water to news science 2007-05-22 11:28:31 http://www.newsique.com/science/gasp_even_martian_dirt_points_to/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18789842/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/gasp_even_martian_dirt_points_to/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/martian_moon_could_be_key_test/ Mars' moon Phobos could be the target for a technology trial that would seek to return rock samples to Earth. A UK team is developing a concept mission that aims to land a spacecraft on the potato-shaped object and grab material off its surface. The news science 2007-02-10 17:58:25 http://www.newsique.com/science/martian_moon_could_be_key_test/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6324923.stm?1 http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [3] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/martian_moon_could_be_key_test/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/probes_powerful_camera_spots_vik/ It is a feat millions of times more impressive than finding a needle in a haystack. The new Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted about a dozen spacecraft on the Martian surface and, incredibly, taken pictures of such sharpness that scientists have been news science 2006-12-05 14:28:12 http://www.newsique.com/science/probes_powerful_camera_spots_vik/ New Scientist http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10727&feedId=online-news_rss20 http://www.newsique.com/sources/newscientist/ 87 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/probes_powerful_camera_spots_vik/#comments