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Showing posts with label Mars Martian Bacteria. Show all posts

01 December 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- 1DEC09

Nasa: compelling evidence of life on Mars
Telegraph.co.uk
Nasa has found what it calls “strong evidence” that life once existed on Mars after re-examining a meteorite. By Jonathan Liew Close-up of the meteorite. ...

YouTube Meteor lights up sky in South Africa21st 2009
Meteor lights up sky in South Africa (21st 2009)CCTV: footage of a meteor spotted over the skies of Gauteng, South Africa on the 21st of November 2009Local ...

Astronomy minor a possibility for non-science majors
TCU Daily Skiff
Rhiannon Mayne, the curator of the Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Collection and assistant professor of meteoritics and planetary science, said that along with ...

Signs of ancient life on Mars found
The Bay Area Citizen Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:18 AM PST
Using more advanced analytical instruments now available, a Johnson Space Center research team has reexamined the 1996 finding that a meteorite contains strong evidence that life may have existed on ancient Mars.
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Ancient Life Signs In Mars Meteorite
redOrbit Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:12 AM PST
Image Caption: This image features several layers of crack filling exposed when a chip of Nakhla was examined with the scanning electron microscope (SEM). One layer has a very bumpy surface, and these bumps resemble a fossilized colony of microbacteria. Some of the rounded bumps are preserved at the top of the surface and resemble individual spherical and ovoid-shaped microbes. Others are ...

Meteorite hunters find 13 space rocks in Grimsby
St. Catharines Standard Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:26 AM PST
Meteorite hunters now have a baker's dozen of space rocks that rained down on Grimsby two months ago. But the scientist leading the University of Western Ontario's search believes there are still plenty of out-of-this-world stones that have yet to be recovered.[...]

Remembering a first
The Daily Home Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:42 PM PST
Fifty-five years ago, on Nov. 30, 1954, the first and only meteorite to strike a human hit Ann Hodges while she was taking a nap on her couch in her home in Oak Grove, just outside Sylacauga. ...


Le Moyne visiting professor to talk astrobiology with Stephen Colbert tonight
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
Consolmagno is curator for the Vatican meteorite collection in Rome. He is also author and editor of “The Heavens Proclaim: Astronomy and the Vatican,” ...



Czy meteoryt z Marsa zawiera ślady dawnego życia?
studentnews.pl - Poland
W Stanach Zjednoczonych z nową siłą rozgorzały ostatnio dyskusje na temat tego, czy meteoryt Allen Hills, który przyleciał z Marsa, zawiera ślady ...



Geminids meteors to impress under moonless skies
Scotsman
It was disappointing for Europe, but the Leonids meteor shower produced rates in excess of 100 meteors an hour over parts of Asia for just a few minutes ...

Meteorite hunters find 13 space rocks in Grimsby
St. Catharines Standard Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:20 PM PST
Meteorite hunters now have a baker's dozen of space rocks that rained down on Grimsby two months ago. But the scientist leading the University of Western Ontario's search believes there are still plenty of out-of-this-world stones that have yet to be recovered.[...]


New evidence for early life on Mars: NASA
CBC.ca Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:12 AM PST
A new NASA study of a Martian meteorite that made headlines 13 years ago strengthens the original claim that the rock contains evidence of life on ancient Mars.

Meteorite study revives life-on-Mars debate
MSNBC Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:33 AM PST
New analysis of a 13,000-year-old Mars meteorite, retrieved from Antarctica, has rekindled the debate about whether the ancient rock holds signs of past microbial Martian life.

New Study Adds to FInding of Ancient Life Signs In Mars Meteorite
SpaceRef Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:32 AM PST
Using more advanced analytical instruments now available, a Johnson Space Center research team has reexamined the 1996 finding that a meteorite contains strong evidence that life may have existed on ancient Mars.

Mars Meteorite Reexamined for Signs of Life Using New Analysis
Environmental News Network Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:22 AM PST
A controversial Mars meteorite is once again in the spotlight as scientists use a new kind of analysis on the rock. The study is reminiscent of initial research, published in 1996, suggesting that tiny iron sulfide and iron oxide grains in the meteorite had biological origins, and that tiny, worm-shaped objects in the rock could be the fossilized remains of Martian microbes.

Signs of Life in Mars Meteorite?
Discovery Channel Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:45 AM PST
New analysis of a 13,000-year-old Mars meteorite has rekindled debate about whether the rock holds signs of Martian life.

Custody battle brews over meteorite
MalaysiaNews.net Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:51 PM PST
Tom King, 53, was caretaker at Rywanda Plainview, about 70km south of Cunnamulla, when he discovered the 25kg stony meteorite while riding his motorbike.Seven months later he decided to fetch the rock...

Queenslanders battle over meteorite
Northern Star Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:57 PM PST
A BITTER ownership battle has broken out over the discovery of Queensland's second-biggest stony meteorite.

ONU to hold public viewing of meteor shower
Ada Herald
Ohio Northern University's Astronomy Club will host a public viewing of the Geminid meteor shower in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy ...

The case for life on Mars keeps growing
Examiner.com
Recently, a controversial meteorite seems to both have vindicated itself - and those who believe that it proves that at least sometime in its past - Mars ...

Guy Consolmagno, SJ on Colbert
America Magazine (subscription)
One of the guests on "The Colbert Report" tonight will be Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, Ph.D., a planetary scientist and expert on meteorites (and ...

Bakterie prosto z Marsa
Rzeczpospolita - Warszawa,Mazowsze,Poland
Pierwsze badania meteorytu, przeprowadzone w 1993 roku, wykazały jedynie – co ... Trzy lata po znalezieniu meteorytu, w 1996 roku, badacze związani z NASA ...

SOUTH AFRICAN METEOR
Weekly World News (satire)
Luckily, the meteor disappeared without striking any heavily populated areas. Scientists are still trying to find where it landed. ...

Battle over meteorite ownership
Gladstone Observer
Gladstone Tondoon Botanical Gardens curator Brent Braddick at the site believed to be where the Gladstone meteorite landed. GLADSTONE could have been the ...

28 November 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News 28NOV09

Bushies squabble over hunk of rock from a meteorite

Courier Mail
By Sophie Elsworth THIS is the meteorite, currently in police hands, at the centre of a bizarre custody battle. It is actually believed to be the state's ...

Filmpje: grote meteoriet verlicht Utah

Seven Days - Netherlands
Het exploderende geluid kwam doordat de hete klomp honderd kilometer verderop neerkwam in een woestijn. Volgens de NASA was de vuurbal een meteoriet. ...


Mars'ta hayat var!

Haber Türk - ‎2 hours ago‎
ANTARKTİKA'YA 13 bin yıl önce düşen bir meteor üzerinde yapılan incelemeler bilim dünyasında büyük heyecan yarattı. Meteor üzerindeki incelemelerini ...

PENELITIAN NASA - Di Batu Meteor Ditemukan Fosil Makhluk Hidup

Harian Global - ‎8 hours ago‎
Sebuah bukti baru seputar kehidupan ruang angkasa mulai terungkap di mana dalam kandungan sebuah batu meteor ditemukan fosil makhluk hidup mikroba. ...

New Evidence For Ancient Life On Mars
Slashdot Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:02 PM PST
siddesu writes in with "compelling" new data that chemical and fossil evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars was carried to Earth in a Martian meteorite. The finding is being highlighted by the same NASA team who made the initial discovery 13 years ago. Spaceflight Now has more details of the analysis. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Have You Heard The One About Life On Mars?
Discovery Channel Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:54 PM PST
A 13,000 year old meteorite from Mars, found in 1984 in the Allan Hills Region of Antarctica, is back in the news. The rock caused quite a stir when NASA announced during an August 1996 press conference that it contained ...

Fresh claim for fossil life in Mars rock
New Scientist Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:10 AM PST
The 1996 claim that a meteorite contains microbe fossils from Mars has been boosted by the rejection of a non-biological explanation for the minerals...

Space rock custody battle
The Courier Mail Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00 AM PST
THIS is the meteorite, now in police hands, at the centre of a bizarre custody battle. It is actually believed to be the state's second-biggest stony meteorite....

NASA: There Was Life on Mars
Pravda Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:59 AM PST
NASA is believed to have found strong evidence that there was once life on Mars. Scientists working on a meteorite discovered in 1984 told the Spaceflight Now website that mineral microstructures in the rock were the remains of magnetic bacteria....

NASA finds new evidence for life on Mars
TG Daily Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:36 AM PST
Meteorite contains fossil bacteria....

Meteorit s Marsa doneo bakterije na Zemlju

Srbijanet
Za meteor Alen Hils 84001 prvi put se čulo 1996. kada su u njemu pronađeni fosilni ostaci. Stručnjaci su tada verovali da je u pitanju kontaminacija stene ...


NASA Scientists Claim Proof of Life on Mars
Novinite.com Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:35 AM PST
NASA scientists claim that microscopic structures found in a Martian meteorite are the most compelling evidence yet that life exists on the planet Mars.
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Week's most clicked

Cairns Post
Kuranda residents report seeing a strange yellow light cross the night sky, and are still waiting for answers about the mystery meteorite-like sighting. ...

De koehandel rond Van Rompuy: 'Wordt Europa één gigantisch België?'

Express.be - Antwerpen,Belgium
Ze vonden microscopisch kleine wormachtige structuren in een Martiaanse meteoriet die ruim 13.000 jaar geleden op de aarde neerstortte en zijn ervan ...

Research 'Strengthens Case' For Life On Mars

Sky News
Nasa scientists working on a meteorite discovered in 1984 have found "strong evidence of Martian life," sources told the Spaceflight Now website. ...

Na Marse bol život. Tvrdia to vedci z NASA

SME.sk - Bratislava,Slovakia
Allan Hills 84001 je meteorit, ktorý pred 13-tisíc rokmi dopadol na územie ... Tvrdili totiž, že v meteorit sa nachádzajú pozostatky po baktériách, ...

Получены новые доказательства присутствия бактерий на древнем Марсе

Компьюлента - Москва,Russia
Метеорит ALH84001, как считается, откололся от поверхности Марса около 4 млрд лет назад, ... Приблизительно 15 млн лет назад метеорит попал в космическое ...

Метеорит едва не се сблъска със Земята

News.bg - София,Bulgaria
Както съобщава в четвъртък швейцарското издание "24 Heures", като се позовава на южноафрикански астрономи, небесното тяло е преминало на едва 90 километра ...

03 November 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- Bacteria Could Survive in Martian Soil 3NOV09

Bacteria Could Survive in Martian Soil
Written by Nicholos Wethington
Universe Today
October 30, 2009

Multiple missions have been sent to Mars with the hopes of testing the
surface of the planet for life - or the conditions that could create
life - on the Red Planet. The question of whether life in the form of
bacteria (or something even more exotic!) exists on Mars is hotly debated,
and still requires a resolute yes or no. Experiments done right here on Earth
that simulate the conditions on Mars and their effects on terrestrial
bacteria show that it is entirely possible for certain strains of bacteria
to weather the harsh environment of Mars. ... (more)
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/10/30/bacteria-could-survive-in-martian-soil/



Sources: Arxiv papers:
http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/0910.4830

http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/0706.0530