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Greenland's melting is 'feeding on itself,' scientists say
Posted in Science on 6th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
The ice sheet is 'darkening,' or losing its ability to reflect both visible and invisible radiation, as it melts more and more, the research finds.
New Horizons shows that Pluto's heart probably has floating mounds of water ice
Posted in Science on 5th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
Scientists believe these water ice hills are floating in a sea of frozen nitrogen and move over time like icebergs in Earths Arctic Ocean.
NASA's New Horizons team discovers vast reserves of water ice on Pluto
Posted in Science on 3rd Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
Water ice is surprisingly abundant on Pluto's surface, a new map of the dwarf planet reveals.
Lack of microbes in Antarctic permafrost dims hopes for life on Mars
Posted in Science on 22nd Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
The unsuccessful search for living microbes in the permafrost of Antarcticas University Valley could spell bad news for the search for Mars life.
Water ice found on the surface of comet 67P
Posted in Science on 19th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
For the first time, scientists have spotted large patches of water ice on the surface of a comet, thanks to instruments aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta orbiter.