Antarctic craters reveal strike
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Scientists map enormous impact craters hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet using satellite technology.
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NASA's Opportunity Mars rover has come across  an interesting object&nbsp;-- perhaps a meteorite sitting out in the open at Meridiani  Planum. Initial data taken by the robot's Mini-Thermal Emission Spectrometer  (Mini-TES) is suggestive that the odd-looking rock is made of  metal.
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Scientists identify in images the area of Saturn's moon Titan where the Huygens probe touched down.
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A rock quarried in Scotland is blasted into space to probe suggestions meteorites could carry life.
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Early this morning, a small flash illuminated the surface of the Moon as the European Space Agencyâs SMART-1 spacecraft impacted onto the lunar soil, in the âLake of Excellenceâ region.
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The hazards of this hostile continent include ice, fire, wind and whiteout. And then there's the Crud.
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The Genesis desert crash has left scientists wondering about the delicate condition of its solar wind collection. The first release of samples to the community has begun, while new tests for oxygen-isotopes may help uncover which particles might have lunar, solar or terrestrial origins.
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For the first time, a drumlin - a mound of sediment and rock - has been observed mid-formation, in Antarctica.
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Satellite data confirms glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula have picked up speed in recent years.
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British scientists find global warming is melting the ice of Antarctica faster than  previously thought.
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Each November, John W. Schutt flies to Antarctica to join a team of geologists who search for meteorites. His mission is to ensure that they make it back alive.
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Volcanologists studying erupted rocks say they have new insights into what might trigger explosive eruptions.
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The Deep Impact mission will send a large copper projectile crashing into the surface of a comet at more than 20,000 miles per hour, creating a huge crater and revealing never before seen materials and the internal compostion and structure of a comet.
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Here be monsters, me biodiverse buckaroos Researchers from Australia, France and Japan have returned to port from the Southern Ocean following a two-month jaunt to probe the icy depths, which yielded some impressive footage of the abyss as well as a range of hitherto-unknown Antarctic sea monsters.â¦
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Icebergs that break off Antarctica and drift away turn out to be hotspots of life in the cold southern ocean, researchers report. Climate warming has led to an increase in the number of icebergs breaking away from the Antarctic in recent years, and a team of researchers set out to study the impact the giant ice chunks were having on the environment.
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Scientists have confirmed that the Opportunity Mars  rover has run across a meteorite, sitting within the robot's exploration zone at  Meridiani Planum.
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Nifty Icebergs, released by global warming from the icy embrace of Antarctica, have surprised scientists by playing host to many forms of life.â¦