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Paul Scott Anderson

About Paul Scott Anderson

Paul Scott Anderson is a freelance space writer with a life-long passion for space exploration and astronomy and has been a long-time member of The Planetary Society. He currently writes for Universe Today and Examiner.com. His own blog The Meridiani Journal is a chronicle of planetary exploration.

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Opportunity Rover Finds Intriguing New Spherules at Cape York

September 13, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Mosaic image of the spherules in the rock outcrop on Cape York at Endeavour crater. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Stuart Atkinson One of the most interesting discoveries made so far by the Opportunity rover on Mars has been the small [...]

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New Analysis of Clay Deposits in Ancient Martian Lakes

March 15, 2012

Mars was once a much wetter world than it is now, with hot springs, rivers, lakes and perhaps even oceans. Just how wet exactly, and for how long, is still a subject of considerable debate. One vital clue comes from clay mineral deposits and sediments left over after the water disappeared, but still visible now. [...]

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Does Mars Still Shake, Rattle and Roll?

March 12, 2012

Compared to Earth, Mars is a relatively quiet planet, geologically speaking. Actually, very quiet, as in pretty much dead. While it has volcanoes much larger than any here, they have been inactive for a very long time; the latest studies suggest however that volcanic activity may have continued until only a matter of millions of years ago. [...]

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Exciting New ‘Enceladus Explorer’ Mission Proposed to Search for Life

February 29, 2012

Along with Jupiter’s moon Europa, a tiny Saturnian moon, Enceladus, has become one of the most fascinating places in the solar system and a prime target in the search for extraterrestrial life. Its outward appearance is that of a small, frozen orb, but it revealed some surprises when the Cassini spacecraft gave us our first [...]

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35 Years Later, the ‘Wow!’ Signal Still Tantalizes

February 24, 2012

Since the SETI program first began searching for possible alien radio signals a few decades ago, there have been many false alarms but also instances of fleeting signals of interest which disappeared again as quickly as they had appeared. If a potential signal doesn’t repeat itself so it can be more carefully observed, then it [...]

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