http://www.ccnmag.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:56:16 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/ocean_once_covered_part_of_mars ESA's Mars Express has returned strong evidence for an ocean once covering part of Mars. Using radar, it has detected sediments reminiscent of an ocean floor within the boundaries of previously identified, ancient shorelines on Mars CalTechNews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:16:47 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/no_mars_life_after_600-million-year_drought_ Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking task of analysing individual particles of Martian soil CalTechNews Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:13:49 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/new_alien_planet_is_perfect_for_life A team of planet hunters has announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet (three times the mass of Earth) orbiting a nearby star at a distance that places it squarely in the middle of the star's "habitable zone," CalTechNews Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:14:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/sun_delivered_curveball_of_radiation_at_earth A potent follow-up solar flare, which occurred on Jan. 17, 2012, just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection (CME) seen in nearly a decade CalTechNews Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:36:48 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/scientists_see_sloshing_galaxy_cluster A Naval Research Laboratory scientist is part of a team that has recently discovered that vast clouds of hot gas are "sloshing" in Abell 2052, a galaxy cluster located about 480 million light years from Earth CalTechNews Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:47:52 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/nasa_finds_lost_spacecraft_on_dark_side_of_the_moon NASA scientists have found the crash site of a spacecraft set into orbit during the early 60s. They believe it is the missing Lunar Orbiter 2 which disappeared back in 1967 during a passage over the far side of the moon, when the craft went out of telesc CalTechNews Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:40:06 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/life_beyond_earth_underwater_caves_in_bahamas_could_give_clues Discoveries made in some underwater caves by researchers in the Bahamas could provide clues about how ocean life formed on Earth millions of years ago, and perhaps give hints of what types of marine life could be found on distant planets and moons. CalTechNews Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:40:38 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/11_new_planetary_systems_discovered NASA announced on Friday that its Kepler telescope has discovered 11 new planetary systems that include 26 confirmed alien planets CalTechNews Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:21:02 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/photo_from_nasa_mars_orbiter_shows_wind_s_handiwork Some images of stark Martian landscapes provide visual appeal beyond their science value, including a recent scene of wind-sculpted features from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. CalTechNews Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:41:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/massive_flares_heading_to_earth A powerful solar eruption, the largest since May 2005 according to NOAA, is expected to blast a stream of charged particles toward Earth, which could force planes to be re-routed CalTechNews Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:06:29 +0100