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Journal Journal: Does water STILL flow on Mars?

Journal by Alien54 on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:08PM

Striking new images of the Red Planet have raised hopes life could be found on Mars after all. Scientists say they have photographic evidence that suggests liquid water may have been on the planet as little as five years ago. Experts last night said Mars now appears more active than previously thought and the latest study shows w

Submission + - NASA Finds Water on Mars

Submitted by mattnyc99 on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:07PM

mattnyc99 writes: New photographic evidence from the Red Planet suggests that flowing liquid water ran through craters on Mars in recent years, NASA is announcing right now. The questions now: Where does the water come from, and could it support life, and when are we ever going to get to Mars?

Submission + - A tiny particle is found!

Submitted by ZonkerWilliam on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:04PM

ZonkerWilliam writes: At long last the Axion seems to have been discovered... http://www.physorg.com/news84633896.html All though with a lifetime of only 10-13 seconds, how do they have time to interact with anything?

Submission + - Rusty Hydrogen found on Mars

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @02:55PM

An anonymous reader writes: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/mgs-20 061206.html Signs of flowing water on Mars. Next stop.....Blue Mars!

Submission + - Evidence of recent water found on mars

Submitted by

forrestt

on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @02:50PM

forrestt writes: "According to this article , a provocative new study of photographs taken from orbit suggests that liquid water flowed on the surface of Mars as recently as several years ago, raising the possibility that the red planet could harbor an environment favorable to life."

Submission + - Water on Mars

Submitted by

Virchull

on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @02:48PM

Virchull writes: "NASA photographs have revealed bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars that suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years. The analysis was done by comparing photos made 7 years apart and analyzing the newly found shapes. "The shapes of these deposits are what you would expect to see if the material were carried by flowing water," said Michael Malin of Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego. "They have finger-like branches at the downhill end and easily diverted around small obstacles." The atmosphere of Mars is so thin and the temperature so cold that liquid water cannot persist at the surface. It would rapidly evaporate or freeze. Researchers propose that water could remain liquid long enough, after breaking out from an underground source, to carry debris downslope before totally freezing. The two fresh deposits are each several hundred meters or yards long. Photos and more are at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/mgs-20 061206.html Ok, water, ice, who brought the scotch?"

Submission + - Water On Mars!

Submitted by

emor8t

on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @02:46PM

emor8t writes: "Water on Mars you say?

Times Online December 06, 2006

We've found water on Mars, scientists say Mark Henderson, Science Editor of The Times The gully that on Mars that scientists say was created by water (NASA/AP) Liquid water has flowed on the surface of Mars within the past five years, according to new evidence that suggests the Red Planet could currently be capable of harbouring life. Images taken from an orbiting spacecraft have revealed two fresh features in the Martian landscape that scientists think were been formed by brief torrents of water as recently as 2001. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2490296, 00.html"

Submission + - Signs of water found on Mars?

Submitted by vDiver on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @02:40PM

vDiver writes: CNN is reporting that scientists may have found evidence of water on Mars, in a way that not many have expected. It seems that there is the possibility of sub-surface water that occasionally breaks the surface. This is quite a change in may perceptions of our red neighbor. Personally, I welcome our new Martian overlords!

Submission + - Flowing Water Found on Mars

Submitted by

silentounce

on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @02:35PM

silentounce writes: "NASA announced today that they have found convincing evidence that liquid water has flowed on Mars within the last decade. Such evidence increases the probability of life existing on the red planet. However, not all scientists are convinced that the evidence proves the existence of liquid water. The New Scientist reports that 'many scientists believe the gullies were carved by liquid water, although others have argued they are due to avalanches of carbon dioxide gas or rivers of dust.'"

Submission + - Liquid Water Discovered on Mars

Submitted by

Bill

on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @02:33PM

Bill writes: "NASA just announced they have evidence for liquid water flowing near and at the surface of Mars within the past few years."

Submission + - Water Flowed on Mars in the Last Decade

Submitted by somegeekynick on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @02:30PM

somegeekynick writes: The Latest NASA press release suggests that liquid water could have carried sediment through gullies that have been photographed by its orbiter, the Mars Global Surveyor.

Feed Hypochondriacal Electromagnetosis (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday December 01, 2006 @02:12PM

Can Wi-Fi signals make you ill? Newshounds pore over the available literature, but miss something interesting about the claims themselves. In Gear Factor.

Submission + - Big Screens, Low Prices

Submitted by PreacherTom on Wednesday November 22, 2006 @09:46AM

PreacherTom writes: 'Tis the season to go high-definition, if prices for big-screen TVs are any guide. As the weather gets colder and the holidays grow near, competition among television manufacturers is heating up and prices are at their lowest point in years. For example, wide-screen, 50-inch plasmas can be found for less than $2,000, while 50-inch LCD's are as low as $1,350. On average, prices have declined 50% over the past two years. Businessweek offers a holiday buyers' guide, highlighting (with pictures) the season's top deals.

Submission + - Lifestyle Drugs Eradicate the Need for Sleep

Submitted by

MattSparkes

on Wednesday November 22, 2006 @07:05AM

MattSparkes writes: "New Scientist are running an article on lifestyle drugs that claim to help you function on little or no sleep. I'm dubious, but the interviewee in the article claims they work well. "Yves (not his real name), a 31- year-old software developer from Seattle, often doesn't have time for a full night's sleep. So he swallows something to make sure he doesn't need one." I quite enjoy my 8 hours anyway, so I don't think I'll bother."

Feed MMOs Get a Bum Rap (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Monday November 20, 2006 @04:12PM

Terra Nova takes on the bad press garnered by MMOs -- those addiction stories of people locking themselves in to play and forgetting the real world, or falling dead after long stretches of gameplay. Is videogame perception so fear-based that people think they could be forced to behave in bizarre ways? In Game|Life.

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