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Depth-To-Ice Map Of A Southern Mars Site Near Melea Planum  -  May 3, 2007
Space Daily,The site is centered near 67 degrees south latitude, 36.5 degrees east longitude, near a plain named Melea Planum. This site is within the portion of the

An unexpected year later, NASA's rovers still exploring Mars  -  May 11, 2007
Hindustan Times,...said they had made profound discoveries, especially Opportunity's finding that Mars' Meridiani Planum region once held large amounts of surface water.

Mars image marks THEMIS milestone  -  May 14, 2007
PhysOrg.com,...“We're looking at the Daedalia Planum region, part of the large volcanic province of Tharsis ,� Bender says. “The lava flows came from the Arsia Mons

Rover Spirit Finds Evidence of Pyroclastic Activity on Mars  -  May 11, 2007
CCN Magazine,Meanwhile, Opportunity, on Meridiani Planum on the opposite side of the planet, has been exploring the rim of Victoria Crater and is now heading back to an

Planum, Mostogradnja to build in Morocco  -  Apr 5, 2007
B92,BELGRADE -- Serbia’s Planum and Mostogradnja construction companies have clinched a deal worth EUR 2.5mn to build in Morocco.

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Manila Mail,...and we have 11 percent more brain cells in the area of the brain called the planum temporale, which has to do with perceiving and processing language.

Meridiani Planum and the global hydrology of Mars  -  Mar 8, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),The Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover found evidence for groundwater activity in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars 1, 2 in the form of aeolian and

Martian Dried-Up Lakes May Have Bubbled Up From Ground  -  Mar 8, 2007
FOX NewsThe new model provides an alternative explanation for sulphate-rich "evaporite" deposits discovered on Mars' Meridiani Planum, hailed by some scientists as

Surging groundwater solves Martian 'evaporite' mystery  -  Mar 8, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),Because the slope of Meridiani Planum flattens out from a steeper slant, the groundwater slowed down and backed up, reaching the surface (middle).

Planetary science: Water cycling on Mars  -  Mar 8, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),The Meridiani Planum region on Mars is rich in minerals derived from evaporation, but lacks a topography consistent with standing water.

Not a sea, but a seep, on Mars  -  Mar 7, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),Was there once a sea in Mars' Meridiani Planum? Probably not, according to a new model of water flow on the red planet. The Martian rover Opportunity found

Pak Minister blames India  -  Mar 11, 2007
News Today,Others, though, pointed out that the site at Meridiani Planum was not a basin, and thus could not enclose such a huge amount of water.

New Theory Offered For Mars Evaporites  -  Mar 8, 2007
Post ChronicleWhen the Mars exploration rover Opportunity landed, its discovery of evaporite deposits in the Meridiani Planum region was hailed by some as evidence of

JPL Animators Create Detailed Fly Over Of Victoria Crater With ...  -  Mar 14, 2007
Space Daily,Images of "Victoria Crater" in Mars' Meridiani Planum region, taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance

Mars Water Traces Left by Springs, Not Seas, Experts Say  -  Mar 7, 2007
National Geographic,The new study concludes that while the region where the deposits were found, known as Meridiani Planum, may at times have contained rivers and ponds in

Mars water traces left by springs, not seas: Study  -  Mar 8, 2007
Zee News,The study said that while he region where the deposits were found, known as Meridiani Planum, may at times have contained rivers and ponds in low-lying

Harvard scientist discusses search for life on Mars  -  Mar 13, 2007
Appalachian State University,Meridiani Planum was the 2004 landing site for NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover named Opportunity. Knoll’s studies of fossil evidence of primitive life forms

New directions in the search for life in our solar system  -  Mar 12, 2007
The Space Review,More recently, the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity turned up clear evidence that liquid water existed on the surface in the Meridiani Planum in the

DuPont Celebrates Two Special Events  -  Mar 7, 2007
Devine Media,Opportunity was launched on July 7 and landed at Meridiani Planum, on the other side of Mars, on January 25, 2004. Both rovers were launched from Cape

NASA Mars Orbiter Sees Effects of Ancient Underground Fluids  -  Mar 2, 2007
HappyNews.com,...(Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Univ. of Arizona) :: This enhanced-color view of the eastern rim and floor of "Victoria Crater" in Mars' Meridiani Planum region

Best bet for locating Mars life  -  Feb 20, 2007
Spaceflight Now,..."The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity found ample evidence for water in ancient rocks at Meridiani Planum, but the rovers' instruments can't detect

Fractured Mars  -  Feb 17, 2007
Astrobiology MagazineThis enhanced-color view of the eastern rim and floor of "Victoria Crater" in Mars' Meridiani Planum region comes from the High Resolution Imaging Science

Smarter is better for Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity  -  Feb 14, 2007
iTWire,Spirit landed in the Martian Gusev crater on January 4, 2004, and Opportunity landed in the Meridiani Planum, a hermatite (a mineral type of iron oxide)

Full Text  -  Feb 15, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)A separate HiRISE image of Victoria Crater in Meridiani Planum reveals a set of subparallel linear ridges along the crater's eastern rim and floor (fig.

Creaky Mars rovers roll on, far past their warranties  -  Jan 3, 2007
Columbus Dispatch,Scientists are planning to steer Opportunity into a large crater named Victoria in Meridiani Planum. After spending the winter on the side of a hill to

Mars Rovers Turn Three  -  Jan 17, 2007
NASA,Meridiani Planum, on the other hand, where Oopportunity is, the geologic record that we see there preserved in the rocks is more quiescent,

Mars: Time for a New Chronology?  -  Jan 3, 2007
Astrobiology News (press release),Named for Hesperia Planum, a high plain in the southern hemisphere, the Hesperian was marked by intense volcanic activity, which covered many craters from

Mars rover tries to weather dust storm  -  Jan 2, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),...the rover Opportunity is currently producing about 600 watt-hours per Martian day on the other side of the planet, in a region called Meridiani Planum.

Top Stories of the Year from NASA  -  Dec 29, 2006
BBSNews,This is the Opportunity rover's panorama of "Erebus Rim," acquired as the rover was exploring sand dunes and outcrop rocks in Meridiani Planum.

IN DEPTH: Zeroing in on Mars  -  Dec 28, 2006
Discovery ChannelOpportunity is beginning a study of a large crater near its landing site in Meridiani Planum, which showed evidence of a shallow salty ocean.

NASA Presentations at 2006 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting  -  Dec 5, 2006
Yahoo! News (press release)...detect it. LAYERED DEPOSITS OF ARABIA TERRA AND MERIDIANI PLANUM: KEYS TO THE HABITABILITY OF ANCIENT MARS TIME: Tues., Dec. 12, 1 ...

Astronomy Professor Bell Exhibits Artwork From Mars  -  Nov 30, 2006
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun,After a careful consideration, scientists involved with the project chose the Gustav Crater and the Meridiani Planum as the landing sites for Spirit and ...

Mars rover nears bathtub-ring of blueberries  -  Dec 14, 2006
New Scientist (subscription),In fact, the Meridiani Planum plain Opportunity has been crossing is tilted slightly and the rover has been moving gradually upwards, into a higher layer with ...

December Geology and GSA Today media highlights  -  Dec 1, 2006
SpiritIndia,El Niño period. Sedimentary textures formed by aqueous processes, Erebus crater, Meridiani Planum, MarsJ. Grotzinger, Caltech, Geological ...

Life on Mars? Scientists say pictures are first evidence of ...  -  Dec 6, 2006
Guardian Unlimited,In 2004, measurements from Nasa's Opportunity rover on the planet's Meridiani Planum plain show the rock's material had once been wet. ...

NASA images support a wetter Mars  -  Dec 8, 2006
Hindu,...sulfate salts have been inferred to be present at both MER rover sites, with the sedimentary rocks observed by Opportunity at Meridiani Planum containing more ...

A Flood of Mars Photos  -  Dec 2, 2006
Astrobiology MagazineOpportunity spent about 60 martian days exploring rock outcrops and soils in Eagle crater before setting off to explore more of Meridiani Planum. ...

Archived story: Martian monikers  -  Dec 7, 2006
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),Those landing sites are at Gusev Crater, a possible former lake in a giant impact crater, and Meridiani Planum, where mineral deposits (hematite) suggest Mars ...

December Geology and GSA Today media highlights  -  Dec 1, 2006
EurekAlert (press release),...cracks, however, have not been observed before, and provide further evidence for the extent of water across the surface of Meridiani Planum, the rover landing ...

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