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12 feats of science 'The Martian' nailed
Warning: There are spoilers ahead if you haven't read the book."The Martian," the sci-fi bestseller praised for its exhaustive attention to scientific detail, has a movie adaptation coming out on Oct....
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Bill Nye says he wants to go to Mars, but there's a catch
Mars is a freezing, oxygen-less, barren wasteland.So why do we want to go there again?Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye appeared on astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson's StarTalk Radio show in March and...
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Two MIT students lay out the facts about why the Mars One mission is bogus
Two MIT engineering students just faced off with a private company that wants to send people on a one-way trip to Mars — and one group won by a landslide.The debate stemmed from the students' scathing...
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The best way to colonize Mars is crazier than Elon Musk's idea of dropping...
Right now, Mars is a frozen, lifeless, and entirely inhospitable place.Yet the Red Planet holds great promise, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently discussed its future with comedian and television host...
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Here's what being stranded on Mars like Matt Damon in 'The Martian' would do...
Spoiler alert if you haven't read "The Martian."As Elton John once said, it's lonely out in space.And it's even lonelier being stranded on a planet millions of miles from Earth, without communication,...
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The fake spacesuits in 'The Martian' are almost as incredible as real ones
Astronauts, engineers, and fans have praised the "The Martian," a bestselling sci-fi novel, for its scientific accuracy. So if you're making an equally realistic film adaptation, your spacesuits had...
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This is our best evidence yet that Mars could support life: liquid water on...
On Monday, NASA announced a major breakthrough it found flowing on the surface of Mars: liquid saltwater.This is the first time humans have discovered liquid water on the surface of any planet in the...
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The architects behind Apple's new campus have released designs for a Mars...
If and when astronauts finally set foot on Mars, potentially sometime in the 2030s, they'll be greeted by a dust-covered habitat.The folks at Foster + Partners want to design it.The British firm was...
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Watch live: NASA confirms flowing water on Mars
Scientists have confirmed that the dark streaks that seasonally appear and fade away on the surface of Mars are caused by running, salty water, according to new research published today, September 28,...
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We've found flowing water on Mars
Scientists have confirmed that liquid water flows on Mars.New research suggests the dark streaks that seasonally appear and fade away on the surface of Mars are caused by running, salty water."It took...
View ArticleNASA just announced that 'liquid water has been found on Mars'
NASA has found evidence of liquid water on Mars. This is the first time we have found liquid water on the surface of any planet besides Earth in the solar system. Produced by Devan Joseph. Video...
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NASA's 'major' Mars water news is a distraction from something much more...
Last week NASA sent out a cryptic press release about solving a "major" mystery on Mars, which it announced Monday at 11:30 a.m. EDT. Beyond that the space agency provided little information.So what is...
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Could we really mix feces into Martian dirt and grow potatoes?
Spoilers ahead if you haven't read "The Martian."In the bestselling sci-fi novel and upcoming movie "The Martian," astronaut and botanist Mark Watney survives on Mars for over a year, largely thanks to...
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A student designed an ion thruster that can make it to Mars and back on one...
A doctoral candidate at the University of Sydney designed an ion thruster — a system that propels spacecraft by expelling ions to create thrust — that destroys the fuel efficiency world record set by...
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Here's what traveling to Mars does to your brain
Future Mars astronauts will have more to contend with than just the unforgiving, vacuumous expanse of space separating Earth from the Red Planet (140 million miles, on average). In an experiment meant...
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A giant 3-D printed 'ice house' powered by water could be part of NASA's...
If humans ever reach Mars, we may live in houses made of ice.On September 27, the architects and designers from Team Space Exploration Architecture (SEArch) and Clouds Architecture Office (Clouds AO)...
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NASA’s top planetary scientist told us what he thinks of the science in 'The...
Spoiler alert if you haven't read "The Martian."Scientists may have just discovered water flowing on the surface of Mars, but it's still a pretty inhospitable place to call home.Yet that's exactly what...
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These are some of the most Mars-like landscapes on Earth
The sweeping, red-washed desert in Wadi Rum, Jordan, is eerily similar a Martian landscape. Which is exactly why director Ridley Scott filmed many scenes there for his movie "The Martian," due out...
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10 beautiful designs for how humans could live on Mars
With its intense solar radiation and freezing temperatures, Mars isn't exactly paradise.On Sunday, NASA announced the winning designs for its 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, a competition to imagine how...
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10 things you need to know before seeing 'The Martian'
On October 2 you can see actor Matt Damon "science the shit" out of Mars in a movie adaptation of "The Martian," a bestselling sci-fi novel by Andy Weir.In the movie Damon plays the character Mark...
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