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  • March 2008

    • Hidden Ocean Found on Saturn Moon

      Orlando Sentinel  |  Mar 21, 08 4:13 AM CDT

      Hidden Ocean Found on Saturn Moon

      (Newser) - NASA has unlocked two more of the solar system's secrets, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The Cassini orbiter discovered evidence of an underground ocean churning deep below the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and the Mars Odyssey spacecraft has found ancient salt deposits on the red planet. Both discoveries have scientists excited about fresh possibilities of finding extraterrestrial life. More »

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      NASA  • space  • Mars  • extraterrestrial life  • Saturn  • Cassini  • Titan

  • February 2008

    • Want Oil? Try Saturn's Titan

      Space.com  |  Feb 14, 08 5:09 PM CST

      Want Oil? Try Saturn's Titan

      (Newser) - Titan, one of Saturn's dozens of moons, has supplies of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons hundreds of times greater than Earth’s oil reserves, Space.com reports. The unmanned Cassini spacecraft has mapped only 20% of Titan’s surface with radar, and has already discovered dozens of bodies of hydrocarbon liquid, each one of which more volume than Earth’s entire oil supply. More »

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      NASA  • oil  • space exploration  • Earth  • Saturn  • Cassini  • Titan  • hydrocarbon

  • August 2007

    • Iraqis Fleeing to US Hindered

      New York Times  |  Aug 29, 07 9:58 AM CDT

      Iraqis Fleeing to US Hindered

      (Newser) - Iraqis who have worked with the occupation forces, endangering their own lives, face overwhelming obstacles if they want to enter the US as refugees. Tens of thousands of locals work for contractors, but because they're not directly employed by the US government, they're not eligible for special immigration status. The Times looks at the difficulties confronting them. More »

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      Iraq  • United Nations  • United States  • Syria  • refugee  • Titan  • DynCorp International

  • March 2007

    • NASA Discovers Seas On Saturn's Moon

      Space.com  |  Mar 14, 07 9:18 PM CDT

      NASA Discovers Seas On Saturn's Moon

      (Newser) - NASA's radar detected evidence of huge seas—one of them larger than any of the Great Lakes—on the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan. Although the spacecraft, Cassini, cannot confirm that the dark images are liquid until passing over the area again as scheduled in May, scientists believe they are bodies of liquid ethane or methane gas. More »

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      NASA  • space  • space exploration  • Saturn  • Cassini  • Titan

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