New York Times Gazing Into Danakil Depression’s Mirror, and Seeing Mars Stare BackNew York TimesIndeed, most of the relatively scant scientific research on the Danakil Depression involves its fantastical geology, not its biology. Now, scientists are studying this area to…
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NASA Crew Begins Eight-Month 'Mars Simulation' Experiment In Hawaii – The Inquisitr
The Inquisitr NASA Crew Begins Eight-Month ‘Mars Simulation’ Experiment In HawaiiThe Inquisitr“For the next eight months, crewmembers will simulate a mission on a planetary surface similar to Mars’,” Elizabeth Howell writes for Space.com.”The simulation will include a 20-minute delay in…
Center for Earth Observation Turns 25 Amidst 'Golden Age' of Remote Sensing – Yale News
Center for Earth Observation Turns 25 Amidst ‘Golden Age’ of Remote SensingYale NewsLarry Bonneau, a research associate in the Department of Geology and Geophysics and YCEO manager, is in charge of day-to-day operations. He maintains the center’s 13 computers and…
Pluto's Moon Charon Had Its Own, Icy Plate Tectonics – Scientific American
Scientific American Pluto’s Moon Charon Had Its Own, Icy Plate TectonicsScientific AmericanThey noted some similarities to what can be seen back home: Earth’s geology is powered by huge plates of crust that float on a taffy-like mantle, crashing into one…
Devastation detectives try to solve dinosaur disappearance – Science News
Science News Devastation detectives try to solve dinosaur disappearanceScience NewsOne of the starkest changeovers in that planetary record marks the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods some 66 million years ago (previously known as the Cretaceous-Tertiary or K-T). Studies…
Devastation detectives try to solve dinosaur disappearance – Science News
Science News Devastation detectives try to solve dinosaur disappearanceScience NewsOne of the starkest changeovers in that planetary record marks the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods some 66 million years ago (previously known as the Cretaceous-Tertiary or K-T). Studies…
Devastation detectives try to solve dinosaur disappearance – Science News
Science News Devastation detectives try to solve dinosaur disappearanceScience NewsOne of the starkest changeovers in that planetary record marks the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods some 66 million years ago (previously known as the Cretaceous-Tertiary or K-T). Studies…
Pluto's Moon Charon Had Its Own, Icy Plate Tectonics – Space.com
Space.com Pluto’s Moon Charon Had Its Own, Icy Plate TectonicsSpace.comThey noted some similarities to what can be seen back home: Earth’s geology is powered by huge plates of crust that float on a taffy-like mantle, crashing into one another. Certain…
Pluto's Moon Charon Had Its Own, Icy Plate Tectonics – Space.com – Space.com
Space.com Pluto’s Moon Charon Had Its Own, Icy Plate Tectonics – Space.comSpace.comPluto’s moon Charon had plate tectonics, but a very different kind from Earth’s.and more »
Pluto's Moon Charon Had Its Own, Icy Plate Tectonics – Space.com
Space.com Pluto’s Moon Charon Had Its Own, Icy Plate TectonicsSpace.comThey noted some similarities to what can be seen back home: Earth’s geology is powered by huge plates of crust that float on a taffy-like mantle, crashing into one another. Certain…