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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Titan may have a hidden ocean]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An ocean may lie under the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, according to research published this week in the journal Science.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Experts: sun not linked to current global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Changes in the sun's output is not linked to recently observed global warming, reports a study published in Royal Society's journal Proceedings A.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0711-sun.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Plants in outer space may be black]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Plants in outer space could be black if they is mechanisms other than chlorophyll to harness the energy of the sun, reports a new study published in Astrobiology.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mars had oceans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Up to one third of Mars was once covered by oceans, reports a study published in this week's issue of the journal <i>Nature</i>. While observers have long noted what looks like a dry ocean basin on the surface of Mars, images from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor suggested otherwise, showing a shoreline that varied in elevation by several kilometers.  On Earth, shoreline elevations are typically constant relative to sea levels.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0613-mars.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bush seeks funding cuts for Earth monitoring satellites]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) warned that environmental satellites responsible for monitoring Earth are endangered due to budget cuts and shifts in spending towards military and human space flight programs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Venus, Mars reveal climate change examples]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Earth sits between two worlds that have been devastated by climate catastrophes. In the effort to combat global warming, our neighbours can provide valuable insights into the way climate catastrophes affect planets.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0427-esa.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[To find life on Mars scientists will need to dig deep]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Probes seeking life on Mars must dig deeply into young craters, gullies, or recently exposed ice to have a chance of finding any living cells that were not annihilated by radiation, researchers report in a new study. One promising place to look for them is within the ice at Elysium, site of a recently discovered frozen sea, they say.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0129-mars.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Photos of water suggest possibility of life on Mars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New NASA photos suggest the existence of water on Mars.  The finding could suggest the possibility of life of the planet. "These observations give the strongest evidence to date that water still flows occasionally on the surface of Mars," said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program in Washington.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1206-mars.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[To avoid extinction humans must colonize space says Hawking]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As he was awarded the most prestigious prize in science, British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking said that humans need to colonize outer space in order avoid extinction.  Hawking, who was presented Thursday with the Copley medal from Britain's Royal Society, told BBC Radio that humanity faces extinction if it confines itself to Earth.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1130-hawking.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mars face photo dashes hope for existence of Martians]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New images from the European Space Agency (ESA) show that the Red Planet's famous "Face on Mars" is nothing but a eroded hill.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0924-mars.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[$230B for moon return but only $30M for deep ocean research?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unless you're a space buff, you probably missed the latest news from Mars. The Rover mission has now determined that a promontory scientists call "McCool Hill" is 85 feet taller than nearby "Husband Hill." Stop the presses! Exploring new frontiers in the quest for knowledge has inspired humans for centuries, and today's extraterrestrial search for alien life forms and clues to our origin, captures the public's imagination like few others.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0919-ci.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA no longer seeks to 'understand and protect' Earth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reports that NASA no longer seeks to 'understand and protect' Earth according to its mission statement. The Times found that the American space agency modified its mission statement in early February 2006, deleting the phrase 'to understand and protect our home planet'.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0722-nasa.html</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Discovers Life's Building Blocks Are Common In Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A team of NASA exobiology researchers revealed today organic chemicals that play a crucial role in the chemistry of life are common in space.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1011-nasa.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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