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  Water Ice Exposed in Mars Craters

  Fresh craters expose subsurface water ice on Mars, hint at recent wetter climate.

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  It's Official: Water Found on the Moon

  Observations from three spacecraft show signal of water across moon's surface.

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  How Mars Turned Red: Surprising New Theory

  Mars' red hue could result from a different process than previously thought, scientists found.

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  Mars Canyon Formed When Plug Was Pulled, Study Suggests

  Drainage of briny water underground likely formed Hebes Chasma in Valles Marineris.

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  Bird's Tool Use Called 'Amazing'

  Crows' fabled ingenuity shines in intelligence tests.

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  Why Raindrops Fall in Different Sizes

  Study finds variation in raindrop sizes is result of drops bursting as fall to ground.

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  Western Reservoirs Could Be Dry By 2050

  Climate change, water management could cause Colorado River reservoirs to dry up by 2050.

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  Oceans on Ancient Venus, Study Suggests

  New Venus Express map shows possible signature of granite, could indicate past oceans, plate tectonics.

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  Strange Plant Waters Itself

  Researchers have discovered how a desert plant brings water to itself.

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  Mars Mysteries: Little Big Planet

  How did the small red planet manage to make some of the largest features in the Solar System? Scientists Peter Smith, Jeff Plaut and Roslay Lopes follow the dry trail of Mars' wet past.

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  Sand Found to Flow Like Water

  When poured, sand behaves much like water to form water-like droplets.

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  New Form of Ice Cooked Up

  Chemists just made the fifteenth form of the cold stuff for the first time after years of trying.

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  Ocean Hidden Inside Saturn's Moon

  Saturn's sixth largest moon could support an ocean beneath its icy surface.

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  Evidence Found for Ancient Mars Lake

  A University of Colorado at Boulder research team claims "the first definitive evidence of shorelines on Mars."

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  Debate Rages Over Moon Water

  The debate has raged over whether the moon does in fact harbor water ice. Soon, two moon missions may yield the truth.

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  Astronomers Take Step in Measuring Universe's Expansion

  New finding could help determine Hubble Constant.

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  Entire Region of Mars Likely Shaped by Water

  Opportunity finds evidence of water acting at Victoria crater; Mars could have had liquid water and still been cold.

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  Space Drink of Choice: Recycled Urine

  Astronauts drank recycled urine today. Apparently it was fine.

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  The Search for Drinking Water in Nicaragua

  I have done work with satellite images to improve groundwater exploration and siting of wells in Nicaragua.

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  Rivers Losing Water Due to Climate Change

  Climate change causing many rivers to lose water and a few to gain it.

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  Hurricanes Shoot Water Ice into the Stratosphere

  Hurricanes and other tropical cyclones inject ice far into the stratosphere.