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Terraforming Mars Isn't Impossible. New Study Describes First Step.
Terraforming Mars has been the long-term dream of colonization enthusiasts for decades. But when you start to grapple with ...
Scientists discover new microbes in Earth's deep soil
Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where these ...
Astronomers spot two white dwarfs doomed to die in a quadruple detonation
Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear ...
NASA and ESA want to bring Martian rocks to Earth. Here's what will happen to the samples once they get here
A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by NASA ...
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Earth's upper mantle is revealing the deepest effect of human activity
As the Aral Sea has been drained by irrigation and dried up, the mass loss on the surface has caused Earth’s upper mantle to rise up, lifting the emptied sea bed an average of 7 millimetres per year ...
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Potential NASA Earth science cuts highlight budget uncertainty
Some NASA Earth science missions have been told to prepare termination plans given the potential for major budget cuts in the ...