Some Ancient Mars Lakes Came Long After Others Posted on September 17, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News Lakes and snowmelt-fed streams on Mars formed much later than previously thought possible, according to new findings using data primarily from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The recently discovered lakes and […]Read more Some Ancient Mars Lakes Came Long After Others
Hubble Takes Close-up Look at Disintegrating Comet Posted on September 16, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News “We know that comets sometimes disintegrate, but we don’t know much about why or how they come apart,” explained lead researcher David Jewitt of the University of California at Los […]Read more Hubble Takes Close-up Look at Disintegrating Comet
Rare Mammoth Fossil Excavated Posted on September 16, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News Ventura, CA —This week a team of scientists unearthed an exceptionally well preserved fossil of a complete mammoth skull from an eroding stream bank on Santa Rosa Island within Channel Islands […]Read more Rare Mammoth Fossil Excavated
ALMA Spots Possible Formation Site of Icy Giant Planet Posted on September 16, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News Astronomers found a sign of a growing planet around TW Hydra, a nearby young star, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Based on the distance from the central star […]Read more ALMA Spots Possible Formation Site of Icy Giant Planet