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UI's Gurnett finds 'lumpy' ionosphere, glimpses of the subsurface of Mars
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09/09/2010 01:40 AM
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University of Iowa Space Physicist Don Gurnett and his UI colleagues report that a scientific instrument aboard the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft is working perfectly and that its data have so far revealed that Mars' ionosphere - part of the upper atmosphere - is very lumpy and complex, and that the instrument can "see" hidden craters and thick layers of ice beneath the planet's surface. (2005-12-01)
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Icy Jupiter Moon Throws a Curve Ball at Formation Theories
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09/09/2010 01:40 AM
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Scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft have found that Jupiter's moon Amalthea is a pile of icy rubble less dense than water. Scientists expected moons closer to the planet to be rocky and not icy. The finding shakes up long-held theories of how moons form around giant planets. (2005-06-01)
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