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9th Dec. 2013 Sol 478
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/12/09/9th-dec-2013-sol-478/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 9, 2013 Today is when the first set of papers about Yellowknife Bay are published.
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17th Dec. 2013 Sol 485
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/12/17/17th-dec-2013-sol-485/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 17, 2013 The landing site slection process for the 2018 ExoMars Rover has just started: http://exploration.esa.
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Saturday 25th August Sol 19
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/26/saturday-25th-august-sol-19/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 26, 2012 In the next few days we are expecting the first measurements by the SAM mass spectrometer instrument (inlet on the top surface of Curiosity) of the Mars atmosphere.
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Viking grave discovery suggests warrior of high status was buried at Scottish site
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/viking-grave-discovery-suggests-warrior-of-high-status-was-buried-at-scottish-site
New light has been shed on a 10th century Viking boat burial site at Swordle Bay in western Scotland, which was discovered by University researchers in 2011.
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11th November 2014 Sol 806
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/11/11/11th-november-2014-sol-806/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 11, 2014 Mars Science Laboratory has changed our view of Mars: following the 2 Viking landers of 1976 and the Pathfinder Lander in 1997 we had an idea that Mars was predominantly made of basaltic igneous rocks.
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Monday 3rd December Sol 116
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/12/03/monday-3rd-december-sol-116/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 3, 2012 Some of the early results from Curiosity are being presented this week at the American Geophysical Union.
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Wednesday 14th Nov 2012 Sol 98
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/14/14th-nov-2012-sol-98/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 14, 2012 With its APXS (Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer) instrument on the robotic arm of Curiosity is measuring the composition of rocks and soil at Rocknest.
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Sunday 26th August Sol 20
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/26/sunday-26th-august-sol-20/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 26, 2012 Since the noble gas analyses by Viking in 1976 we have had the information to recognise meteorites from Mars (now about 60). My favourite martian meteorites are the nakhlites.
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First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age
A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.
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Sol 2075 Organics on Mars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2018/06/08/sol-2075-organics-on-mars/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 8, 2018 The latest results from analyses in the search for organics and methane on Mars have just been published by the SAM team on Mars Science Laboratory.