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Massive Ice Glaciers Found in Non-Polar Regions of Mars (AnandTech)
Researchers have found water ice glaciers on the Red Planet of Mars...
Paintings of polar landscapes at Peabody Essex Museum are cool (The Newburyport Current)
From Paul Gauguin’s sensuous Tahiti to Winslow Homer’s austere New England coast, visionary painters invested exotic locales and landscapes with human emotions that still touch viewers on many levels. VIDEO: POLAR LANDSCAPES AT MUSEUM
Vast stores of water ice surround Martian equator (New Scientist)
Underground glaciers around the planet's midsection contain the largest deposits of ice outside the polar regions
Water-ice deposits found beneath Martian hills (Science News)
Apronlike reserves in mid-latitude regions largest outside Mars' poles
Warming up to Michigan buckeyes (Detroit Free Press)
Climate change could drive the buckeye tree north, leaving Ohio State without its namesake and putting Michigan in the awkward position of hosting more of its nemesis' symbol.
Buried Glaciers Found on Mars (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)
Mars has vast glaciers hidden under aprons of rocky debris near mid-latitude mountains, a new study confirms, pointing to a new and large potential reservoir of life-supporting water on the planet.
Mars Express observes aurorae on the Red Planet (SpaceRef)
Scientists using ESA's Mars Express have produced the first crude map of aurorae on Mars. These displays of ultraviolet light appear to be located close to the residual magnetic fields generated by Mars's crustal rocks.
Mars Express Observes Aurora On The Red Planet (Science Daily)
Scientists using ESA's Mars Express have produced the first crude map of aurora on Mars. These displays of ultraviolet light appear to be located close to the residual magnetic fields generated by Mars's crustal rocks. They highlight a number of mysteries about the way Mars interacts with electrically charged particles originating from the Sun.
Huge glaciers detected under rocky debris on Mars (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A radar instrument aboard a NASA spacecraft has detected large glaciers hidden under rocky debris that may be the vestiges of ice sheets that blanketed parts of Mars in a past ice age, scientists said on Thursday.
Mars Express observes aurorae on the red planet (EurekAlert!)
Scientists using ESA's Mars Express have produced the first crude map of aurorae on Mars. These displays of ultraviolet light appear to be located close to the residual magnetic fields generated by Mars's crustal rocks. They highlight a number of mysteries about the way Mars interacts with electrically charged particles originating from the Sun.