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Conference "Organic chemistry on Titan: towards the first bricks of the living?"
Thursday 4th May - Organic chemistry on Titan: towards the first bricks of the living? Véronique Vuitton, scientific researcher CNRS, "Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble"...
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Enceladus' south pole is warm under the frost
Press Release ESA, 13 March 2017 Over the past decade, the international Cassini mission has revealed intense activity at the southern pole of Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, with warm fractures...
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Enceladus's Hydrothermal Vents Could Revolutionize the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Evidence mounts that Saturn's icy moon harbors active hydrothermal vents, making it one of the hottest places to look for life beyond Earth. The bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean midway between...
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NEWTON PROJECT
NEWTON - NEW portable multi-sensor scienTific instrument for non-invasive ON-site characterisation of rock from planetary surface and sub-surfaces. The Problem Apart from the Earth, the Moon,...
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FRESCO, Foraminiferal Research Consortium
1st international summer school on benthic foraminifera: July 2nd-7th, 2017 The LPG-BIAF is delighted to announce that the first FRESCO Summer school will be held on July 2nd to 7th, 2017 at Angers...
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A sedimentary origin for intercrater plains north of the Hellas basin: Implications for climate conditions and erosion rates on early Mars
Press Release ESA : "New evidence for a warmer and wetter early Mars" - 6th December 2016 A sedimentary origin for intercrater plains north of the Hellas basin: Implications for climate conditions...
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Although boiling, water does shape Martian terrain
Download Press release Paris, 2 May 2016 At present, liquid water on Mars only exists in small quantities as a boiling liquid, and only during the warmest time of day in summer. Its role has...
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ExoMars on its way to solve the Red Planet's mysteries
The first of two joint ESA–Roscosmos missions to Mars has begun a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, where it will address unsolved mysteries of the planet's atmosphere that could indicate...
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