Media Releases
May 9, 2010
Hunting Hidden Glaciers: The Search for Mid-Latitude Ice on Mars
Scientists reviewing images of the surface of Mars transmitted to Earth by the Viking orbiters in the 1970s were puzzled by mountains and cliffs surrounded…
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April 15, 2010
World’s Deepest Hydrothermal Vents
On April 6, scientists on a Caribbean expedition discovered the world’s deepest known hydrothermal vents, also known as black smokers. The vents are located in…
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April 8, 2010
A Tradition of Training Astronauts
For more than half his life, Bill Muehlberger has trained astronauts. He started in 1964 when he took a group of Apollo astronauts to the…
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April 8, 2010
Fly Me to the Moon
Mark Helper looked out the windshield of his pressurized lunar rover at a gray otherworldly landscape that stretched in every direction as far as he…
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March 4, 2010
Experts Reaffirm Asteroid Impact Caused Mass Extinction
Responding to challenges to the hypothesis that an asteroid impact caused a mass extinction on Earth 65 million years ago, a panel of 41 scientists…
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March 4, 2010
Digging Deeper: Craig Fulthorpe Uses Research Vessel to Study Ancient Sea Level
For eight weeks beginning in November 2009, off the coast of New Zealand, an international team of 34 scientists, 92 support staff and crew, and…
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March 3, 2010
Dinosaurs Might Be Older Than Previously Thought
Paleontologists announced the discovery of a dinosaur-like animal—one that shared many characteristics with dinosaurs but fell just outside of the dinosaur family tree—living 10 million…
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March 1, 2010
Oil and Water: Passion for Energy, Climate, and Water Unites at EER
As an undergraduate at Stanford University, Emily Grubert discovered her passion in studying climate change and energy. She also discovered that the deeper she gets…
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February 23, 2010
Rapid Response Science Missions Assess Potential for Another Major Haiti Earthquake
To help assess the potential threat of more large earthquakes in Haiti and nearby areas, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for…
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May 9, 2010
Hunting Hidden Glaciers: The Search for Mid-Latitude Ice on Mars
Scientists reviewing images of the surface of Mars transmitted to Earth by the Viking orbiters in the 1970s were puzzled by mountains and cliffs surrounded…
Read MoreApril 15, 2010
World’s Deepest Hydrothermal Vents
On April 6, scientists on a Caribbean expedition discovered the world’s deepest known hydrothermal vents, also known as black smokers. The vents are located in…
Read MoreApril 8, 2010
A Tradition of Training Astronauts
For more than half his life, Bill Muehlberger has trained astronauts. He started in 1964 when he took a group of Apollo astronauts to the…
Read MoreApril 8, 2010
Fly Me to the Moon
Mark Helper looked out the windshield of his pressurized lunar rover at a gray otherworldly landscape that stretched in every direction as far as he…
Read MoreMarch 4, 2010
Experts Reaffirm Asteroid Impact Caused Mass Extinction
Responding to challenges to the hypothesis that an asteroid impact caused a mass extinction on Earth 65 million years ago, a panel of 41 scientists…
Read MoreMarch 4, 2010
Digging Deeper: Craig Fulthorpe Uses Research Vessel to Study Ancient Sea Level
For eight weeks beginning in November 2009, off the coast of New Zealand, an international team of 34 scientists, 92 support staff and crew, and…
Read MoreMarch 3, 2010
Dinosaurs Might Be Older Than Previously Thought
Paleontologists announced the discovery of a dinosaur-like animal—one that shared many characteristics with dinosaurs but fell just outside of the dinosaur family tree—living 10 million…
Read MoreMarch 1, 2010
Oil and Water: Passion for Energy, Climate, and Water Unites at EER
As an undergraduate at Stanford University, Emily Grubert discovered her passion in studying climate change and energy. She also discovered that the deeper she gets…
Read MoreFebruary 23, 2010
Rapid Response Science Missions Assess Potential for Another Major Haiti Earthquake
To help assess the potential threat of more large earthquakes in Haiti and nearby areas, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for…
Read More