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posted February 17, 2005 09:39 AM
Exclusive: NASA Researchers Claim Evidence of Present Life on Mars WASHINGTON -- A pair of NASA scientists told a group of space officials at a private meeting here Sunday that they have found strong evidence that life may exist today on Mars, hidden away in caves and sustained by pockets of water. The scientists, Carol Stoker and Larry Lemke of NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, told the group that they have submitted their findings to the journal Nature for publication in May, and their paper currently is being peer reviewed. What Stoker and Lemke have found, according to several attendees of the private meeting, is not direct proof of life on Mars, but methane signatures and other signs of possible biological activity remarkably similar to those recently discovered in caves here on Earth. (...) (Continued in depth at below link) http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_life_050216.html IP: Logged |
trillian Knowflake Posts: 4050 From: The Boundless Registered: Mar 2003
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posted February 17, 2005 09:58 AM
This is very interesting. Thanks Prox. There's some very interesting discussion of Mars here:
http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000278.html Including photos of the planet that weren't tinted and doctored to make Mars look red. In fact, in one, there are blue skies... I am fascinated. IP: Logged |
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posted February 17, 2005 06:55 PM
Glad you liked it, tril I'll check out that link, but probably not til this weekend. Cheers, Love, and Fantastic 65 Degree Days in February, Corri IP: Logged |
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posted February 17, 2005 10:49 PM
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_water_050217.html IP: Logged |
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posted February 22, 2005 06:36 PM
Researchers Say Sea of Ice Found on Mars http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050222/D88DPDV80.html IP: Logged |
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posted February 22, 2005 09:46 PM
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050222_mars_ice.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7013941/ IP: Logged |
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posted February 28, 2005 09:20 AM
Martian Ice. http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMX67D3M5E_index_0.html IP: Logged |
26taurus Knowflake Posts: 13411 From: * Registered: Jun 2004
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posted February 28, 2005 12:46 PM
Mmmmmm, that looks yummy! Like chocolate. IP: Logged |
pixelpixie Knowflake Posts: 5301 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 2005
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posted February 28, 2005 02:10 PM
HEAVENly hash. IP: Logged |