- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- June 6th, 2008
![Phoenix Relays Back Images of Martian Dust Particles Phoenix Relays Back Images of Martian Dust Particles](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Phoenix-Relays-Back-Images-of-Martian-Dust-Particles-1.jpg)
Phoenix Relays Back Images of Martian Dust Particles
No water ice particles detected so far
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- June 3rd, 2008
![Phoenix Digs Its First Scoop Phoenix Digs Its First Scoop](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Phoenix-Diggs-its-First-Scoop-1.jpg)
Phoenix Digs Its First Scoop
Camera spots possible ice in the sample
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- June 3rd, 2008
![Astronomers Set Record for Smallest Found Exoplanet Astronomers Set Record for Smallest Found Exoplanet](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Astronomers-Set-Record-for-Smallest-Found-Exoplanet-1.jpg)
Astronomers Set Record for Smallest Found Exoplanet
MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb could support an ocean on its surface
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- June 2nd, 2008
![Camera Shows Possible Ice Beneath Phoenix Mars Lander Camera Shows Possible Ice Beneath Phoenix Mars Lander](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Camera-Shows-Possible-Ice-Beneath-Phoenix-Mars-Lander-1.jpg)
Camera Shows Possible Ice Beneath Phoenix Mars Lander
Hacker attack targets the mission website
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 31st, 2008
![Phoenix Looks Beneath its Belly, Suffers Short Circuit Phoenix Looks Beneath its Belly, Suffers Short Circuit](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Phoenix-Looks-Beneath-its-Belly-Suffers-Short-Circuit-1.jpg)
Phoenix Looks Beneath its Belly, Suffers Short Circuit
Heating element on sample analyzer fails, may be replaced by redundant one
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 30th, 2008
![Water May Not be Enough for Life on Mars Water May Not be Enough for Life on Mars](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Water-May-Not-be-Enough-for-Life-on-Mars-1.jpg)
Water May Not be Enough for Life on Mars
Mars could be too salty for life
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 27th, 2008
![Phoenix Prepares to Start Digging Phoenix Prepares to Start Digging](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Phoenix-Prepares-to-Start-Digging-1.jpg)
Phoenix Prepares to Start Digging
Investigations to start within a week
- Nature
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 26th, 2008
![Organism Found Living at Extreme Depths beneath Seafloor: 1.6 Kilometers Organism Found Living at Extreme Depths beneath Seafloor: 1.6 Kilometers](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Organism-Found-Living-at-Extreme-Depths-Beneath-Seafloor-1-6-Kilometers-1.jpg)
Organism Found Living at Extreme Depths beneath Seafloor: 1.6 Kilometers
Hottest life form ever discovered lives at temperatures up to 100 Celsius
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 24th, 2008
![Other Star Systems in Danger of Being Contaminated with Earth Life Other Star Systems in Danger of Being Contaminated with Earth Life](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Other-Star-Systems-in-Danger-of-Being-Contaminated-with-Earth-Life-1.jpg)
Other Star Systems in Danger of Being Contaminated with Earth Life
Sterilization absolutely necessary for extrasolar spacecrafts
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 23rd, 2008
![Spirit Stumbles Upon Pure Silica on Mars Spirit Stumbles Upon Pure Silica on Mars](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Spirit-Stumbles-Upon-Pure-Silica-on-Mars-1.jpg)
Spirit Stumbles Upon Pure Silica on Mars
Deposits are similar to those in Yellowstone's hydrothermal systems
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 22nd, 2008
![Life Can Grow Just About Anywhere Life Can Grow Just About Anywhere](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Life-Can-Grow-Just-About-Anywhere-1.jpg)
Life Can Grow Just About Anywhere
Underground microbial life improved the environment for the arrival of other creatures
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 16th, 2008
![Mars Is Much Cooler than We Thought Mars Is Much Cooler than We Thought](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Mars-is-Much-Cooler-than-Thought-1.jpg)
Mars Is Much Cooler than We Thought
Surface crust possibly 300 kilometers thick
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 15th, 2008
![Space Rocks Could Re-Colonize Earth Space Rocks Could Re-Colonize Earth](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Space-Rocks-Could-Re-Colonize-Earth-1.jpg)
Space Rocks Could Re-Colonize Earth
Study reveals that life is more resillient than previously thought
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 15th, 2008
![Europa's Poles May Have Shifted to the Equator Europa's Poles May Have Shifted to the Equator](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Europa-039-s-Poles-May-Have-Shifted-to-the-Equator-1.jpg)
Europa's Poles May Have Shifted to the Equator
If this is true, it could support the theory of a global ocean
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 9th, 2008
![Magnetite Deposits May Hide Martian Life Magnetite Deposits May Hide Martian Life](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Magnetite-Deposits-May-Hide-Martian-Life-1.jpg)
Magnetite Deposits May Hide Martian Life
Some magnetite is produced by bacteria on Earth
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 8th, 2008
![Beagle 2 Could Have Settled the Argument of 'Life on Mars' Beagle 2 Could Have Settled the Argument of 'Life on Mars'](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Beagle-2-Could-Have-Settled-the-Argument-of-039-Life-on-Mars-039-1.jpg)
Beagle 2 Could Have Settled the Argument of 'Life on Mars'
Robots could make first contact before humans do