Sunday, September 12, 2010

Week 3 (September 6-12)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100909141535.htm

TEGA has been developed to better understand the information found on Mars.  The purpose of TEGA is to gather information about the isotopes and elements found on Mars, in comparison to what is found on other planets.  The device can determine wether there is the presence of water, as well as other features.  Phoenix's results have been compared to Martian's results to draw conclusions about the planet.  Because of the isotopes found, they have concluded that water exists on Mars.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100909074007.htm

We all heard about the devastating earthquake in Chile, but more information has been produced.  Charles Darwin was the last to observe an Earthquake in the area in 1835, one of similar magnitude is projected to happen in the future. "The Maule earthquake near Concepción, Chile, on February 27 registered with a momentum magnitude of 8.8, makes it one of the largest earthquakes to have been recorded in its entirety via a modern network of space-geodetic and geophysical instruments on the ground," says Professor Onno Oncken.  With all of this taken into consideration, development on research for the patterns of the earthquake are well under way.  

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