MARSIS radar sounder evidence of buried basins in the northern lowlands of Mars
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The Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS) instrument on the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has provided evidence of buried impact basins ranging in diameter from about 130 km to 470 km found over 14% of the northern lowlands. The analysis of MARSIS data has concluded that the northern lowland crust is at least as old as the oldest exposed highland crust, suggesting that the crustal dichotomy formed early in the geologic evolution of Mars.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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Huygens keeps half an eye on Titan's weather
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Huygens, the European Space Agency (ESA) probe that landed on Saturn's moon Titan on 14 January 2005, has sent only half the number of photos to Munich scientists. About 350 snaps taken by the probe were not received because ESA controllers neglected to send a computer command telling the right hardware to switch on.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Titan team claims just deserts as probe hits moon of creme brulee
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The European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft successfully parachuted through Titan's (Saturn's largest moon) atmosphere on 14 January 2005. The high-risk mission functioned better than its designers had expected and they reported that the moon looked even more interesting than they had hoped.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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