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                    [Title] => Rounded pebbles on Mars reveal past flowing water
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A fresh analysis by the U.S. space agency's Mars rover confirms a stream once ran through Gale Crater on the planet.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-31 16:12:43 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/8439/marscuriosity.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 891456 [Title] => Road trip on tap for NASA's Mars rover in new year [Summary] =>

Since captivating the world with its acrobatic landing, the Mars rover Curiosity has fallen into a rhythm: Drive, snap pictures, zap at boulders, scoop up dirt. Repeat.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-29 22:05:05 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 840219 [Title] => NASA rover Curiosity shoots a Mars rock with laser [Summary] =>

NASA's Curiosity rover has zapped its first Martian rock, aiming its laser for the sake of science.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-20 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 836502 [Title] => Mars crater where rover landed looks 'Earth-like' [Summary] =>

The ancient Martian crater where the Curiosity rover landed looks strikingly similar to the Mojave Desert in California with its looming mountains and hanging haze, scientists said Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-09 09:12:42 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 836376 [Title] => Curiosity sends back flood of new views from Mars [Summary] =>

NASA's latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-08 22:41:13 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 836148 [Title] => NASA mission gives a peek of rover's Mars journey [Summary] =>

NASA's latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-08 10:08:51 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img207/5505/marsthumb.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 835762 [Title] => Boldly Opening a New Window Onto Mars [Summary] =>

Mars is looking larger in the windshield with every passing day. On Sunday evening, California time, NASA’s one-ton, S.U.V.-sized Curiosity rover should land at Gale Crater — capping a long ride from Earth and a tricky landing — and open a new, high-tech window onto remote exploration of the Red Planet.

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