NASA scientists have successfully replicated spider-like shapes found on the surface of Mars in a laboratory setting for the first time.
These formations similar to the Red Planet’s "spiders" appeared within Martian soil simulant during experiments in JPL’s DUSTIE chamber. Carbon dioxide ice frozen within the simulant was warmed by a heater below, turning it back into gas that eventually cracked through the frozen top layer and formed a plume.
Here's a look inside of JPL's DUSTIE, a wine barrel-size chamber used to simulate the temperatures and air pressure of other planets – in this case, the carbon dioxide ice found on Mars' south pole. Experiments conducted in the chamber confirmed how Martian formations known as"spiders" are created. The study also acknowledges that these spider-like shapes could have existed for a long time and were created when the climate on Mars was different. A special ceremony at the Canadian Embassy in Rome marked the successful recovery of an iconic portrait of Winston Churchill after a two-year search by Ottawa police.
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Edmontonians can count themselves lucky to ever see one tiger salamander, let alone the thousands one local woman says recently descended on her childhood home.B.C. woman reveals greatest life lesson after celebrating 100th birthday The provincial government's multibillion-dollar plan to fast-track the building of new schools is raising concerns over the funding of private school construction.A byelection was called for the Bay of Quinte riding less than a week after Progressive Conservative MPP Todd Smith, Ontario's education minister at the time, resigned his seat in August.The stretch of hot and humid weather will continue today and into the weekend in Ottawa, with temperatures feeling like 32.
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