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... 's atmosphere condenses into thick slabs of carbon dioxide ice. During Martian spring, when the poles are again exposed to sunlight, the ice turns directly into a gas without becoming liquid, ... unknown if the water or carbon dioxide ice on Mars contain any bacteria. In May 2008, the NASA Phoenix Mars lander will dig its robotic arm into Mars' northern polar terrain to search for microbes.
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There are no bodies of water on the Moon like on Earth, or the frozen lake they just found on Mars. On the Moon we know that there's hydrogen in the dark craters at the poles. We ... all throughout the regolith, and may be more like frozen concrete than a block of ice.
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Answer provided by Thomas Matula, Ph.D. & Kenneth J. Murphy
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There are nine planets orbiting the Sun at various distances. It just so happens that the four smaller planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—are far different and much closer than the remaining planets which are relatively much farther away from the Sun. Thus, it is ...
... crater be formed. The force emitted downwards will compress and shock the underlying material, but there's really nowhere for it to go, with a whole planet blocking the way. The ...
There are no buildings on the Moon today. There will be resorts and towns on the Moon within the next 50 years.
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Answer provided by John Spencer
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There are no life forms that have been found in any of the samples from the Moon studied so far, and there are unlikely to be any, that we understand as life, given the almost complete lack of water on the Moon. Interestingly, when Apollo astronauts returned ...
Astronauts explore the final frontier of outer space.
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Answer provided by Col. USAF (Ret.) Rick Searfoss
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... scientific trips to Mars will eventually lead to permanent settlements. Similar to the people who settled America or Australia in the past, there will someday be pioneers who travel to Mars on a one-way flight. In time, there may be humans on Mars who have never been to Earth.
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Only Earth and Mars have frozen water and ice caps. Only Earth has running water. Pluto may be a big ball of ice.
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Answer provided by Ed Frederick, Ph.D.
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The Spirit and Opportunity rovers on Mars discovered minerals on the surface that can only form in the presence of liquid water. This strongly suggests that Mars was once wet. The rovers have found ... for life, scientists infer conditions on Mars may have been habitable at some point in Mars' past. The Mars Global Surveyor has taken pictures of features suggesting that there may even be current sources of ...
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