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T.H.E. Journal April 2005	JASON Expedition: Mysteries of Earth and Mars This program challenges students and teachers in grades 5-8 to learn about Earth and Mars by investigating comparisons between the two planets.
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Chemistry World May 25, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Mars is the planet that never grew up Scientists in the US have analysed isotopes in meteorites that resemble Martian geology and have discovered that the planet stopped growing while its solar system siblings carried on developing.
Geotimes May 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker	Molten martian core The more researchers study Mars, the more similarities they seem to find between the Red Planet and Earth. The latest parallels come from the planet's enigmatic interior.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Barry E. DiGregorio	No Asteroid Impact on Mars After All The expected asteroid impact would have let scientists study crater formation and underlying Martian geology.
Scientific American November 2007 Robert Zubrin	Don't Wreck the Mars Program Devoting all the funding to just one mission would be a mistake.
IEEE Spectrum August 2006	Spacesuit, Snowsuit Red Planet simulations are meant to simulate as closely as possible what living and working on Mars would be like. But sometimes the illusion is broken. Snow doesn't fall on Mars, but nearby Hanksville, Utah, averages 15 centimeters per year.
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PC Magazine December 20, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	A Toastier Mars Mars may currently be too chilly for human colonists, but a University of Arizona student named Rigel Woida is out to change that.
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InternetNews August 23, 2007 Gene Hirschel	For Google, Not Even The Sky is Off Limits The Google Earth Sky feature may keep us on Google Earth longer.
Geotimes July 2004 Sara Pratt	Core Compositions Scientists are working to explain the differences in composition between Earth and Mars.
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AskMen.com	Earth-Like Planet Found Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand -- if only it weren't so broiling hot.
Wired July 2001 Tom McNichol	The New Red Menace Robert Zubrin has a grand plan to turn the fourth planet into humanity's new frontier - within the next 10 years! Welcome to hell on, um, Mars...
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Science News January 5, 2008	Science Safari: Focus on Our Planet The United Nations website to show communities how they can promote sustainable use of Earth's resources.
Science News June 5, 2004	Transit of Venus On June 8, Venus will pass across the face of the sun (as viewed from Earth).
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Science News March 10, 2007	Science Safari: National Environmental Education Week This web site provides information on the annual National Environmental Education Week that will culminate with Earth Day.
Geotimes August 2007 Carolyn Gramling	More on Mars The last few months have held many new discoveries on Mars, including new images of the planet's landslides, caves and polar geysers from the Mars rover, which are giving scientists a closer look at the red planet than ever before.
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Geotimes March 2004	NASA says Mars once drenched in water Scientists from NASA's Mars explorer projects announced today that they had found definitive evidence for "a lot of water" at some point in the planet's history.
Geotimes March 2006 Naomi Lubick	Starry Lens A newly discovered planet may be the most Earth-like planet found to date outside our solar system. The discovery confirms the value of a relatively new detection method known as gravitational lensing.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Saswato R. Das	Terraforming Mars The renewed focus on Mars has rejuvenated the idea of terraforming Mars, which once belonged to the realm of science fiction, but is becoming increasingly possible today.
HHMI Bulletin Fall 2012	2012 Holiday Lectures on Science -- Changing Planet: Past, Present, Future In HHMI's 2012 Holiday Lectures on Science, three leading scientists will explore the history of life on Earth and the forces that have shaped, and will continue to shape, our ever-changing planet.
Chemistry World April 6, 2011 Mike Brown	Mars chemistry reveals how red planet cooled The chemistry of volcanic rock on Mars offers a picture of the thermal history of the planet, according to scientists in France. The findings could provide a reference point for the evolution of other planets, they say.
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Barry E. DiGregorio	Mars Gets Broadband Connection NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, with its onboard Electra UHF relay transceiver, will serve as an engineering test bed for new communications and navigation technology.
Wired December 2004 Kim Stanley Robinson	Taming the Red Planet Terraforming Mars - grafting an Earth-like atmosphere and ecology onto that rocky and poisonous planet - remains a great idea that is likely to become one of the supreme engineering projects of humankind.
Geotimes February 2004 Edward C. Roy Jr.	Assessing Earth Science in Texas In Texas, a group of geoscientists is fighting to restore earth science to the core curriculum of the state's high schools.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Orbiter Tracks Changes on Mars NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, which this month began its ninth year in orbit around Mars, continues to observe the Martian landscape.
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 Glenn Zorpette	Waiting for the Great Martian Movie We watch all the movies about Mars so you don't have to
Fast Company June 2012	Apple Makes More In A Second Than Most People Do In A Day This month the arbiters of time at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service add an extra "leap second." It's unnoticeable to most, but not these companies. Here's how much they earn every single second.
Smithsonian July 2007 Eric Jaffe	Life Beyond Earth An ocean on Mars. An Earth-like planet light years away. The evidence is mounting, but are astronomers ready to say we're not alone?
Geotimes May 2003 Friedman & Murray	We Can All Go to Mars -- The Mars Outpost Proposal Human exploration or robotic? Two leaders of the Planetary Society suggest how to realize a combination through the Mars Outposts proposal.
Geotimes October 2003 Naomi Lubick	Water clues from martian carbonates For the first time, scientists have convincingly detected small yet possibly widespread amounts of carbonate minerals in the dust on Mars' surface. The findings provide new hints about water on Mars, as well as the history of the planet's atmosphere.
Geotimes January 2004 Naomi Lubick	Mars Update: Opportunity lands Two rovers now inhabit Mars, after the latest of NASA's robot explorers, Opportunity, landed safely over the weekend. Following a brief hiccup last week when its twin went momentarily silent, Opportunity touched down on Saturday night, half a planet away from Spirit.
Geotimes December 2004 Naomi Lubick	Evidence for Water on Mars Flows Scientists have further confirmed the presence of water on Mars, almost a year after the Mars Exploration Rovers landed on the fourth rocky planet from the sun. And exploration continues to see further signs of water on Mars, from the ground to the sky.
Fast Company David Lumb	NASA Chief Says Mars One Does Not Stand A Chance Without NASA Charles Bolden said that a manned mission to Mars is still a priority for NASA, with the next unmanned robotic rover mission planned to launch in 2020.
PC Magazine June 22, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Extreme Close-Ups MSN Virtual Earth, a soon to be released Microsoft service, allows users to search satellite views of a map. The maps also shows businesses, streets, and other information.
Science News January 22, 2005	A Year on Mars Catch up with the amazing, ongoing adventures of the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, still ticking on the surface of Mars.
Fast Company David Lumb	NASA Wants Your Ideas For A Mars Colony The challenge asks for written submissions detailing what astronaut-explorers will need to colonize a new planet -- and the space agency is offering a total of $15,000 in prize money, to be split between three winners.
Scientific American September 2008 David Appell	The Sun Will Eventually Engulf Earth--Maybe Researchers debate whether Earth will be swallowed by the sun as it expands into a red giant billions of years from now
AskMen.com Ross Bonander	5 Things You Didn't Know: Planet Earth After five years and more than $25 million, BBC's award-winning Natural History Unit presented the landmark documentary series Planet Earth. Here are five things you may not know about the making of the program.
Popular Mechanics December 2005 Aldrin & Noland	Roadmap To Mars So far, NASA's plan to reach the red planet has been short on detail. Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin unveils his own step-by-step proposal for mankind's next giant leap.
CIO December 15, 2003 Malcolm Wheatley	A Visit to Europe's Mission Control AT 19:15 Greenwich Mean Time on June 2, 2003, after one Earth orbit, the space probe Mars Express separated from the final stage of the giant Soyuz-Fregat rocket launcher that had blasted off from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan. Europe's mission to Mars was under way.
Geotimes June 2004 Sara Pratt	Why the Wobble? A new study says that the shifting of masses of water and ice around the globe's surface primarily drives the seasonal wobbleon its axis. The finding could lead to new ways to monitor global change.