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We Might Be Martians: The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Genomes

Planning on looking at your family tree? If you go back far enough in time, you might discover relatives who used to live on Mars. While that notion may seem a little far-fetched at first, don't laugh. According to MIT News, many scientists consider that life on Earth may be descended from organisms that arrived here from...

NASA Plans 2025 Manned Mission to Asteroid

It's a little soon for astronauts to suit up, but NASA is planning to send a manned mission to an asteroid in 2025. In keeping with President Barack Obama's 2010 vision, the space agency has shifted its sights from returning to the moon and, instead, is aiming for a smaller -- and possibly more dangerous -- rock in space,...

BYU Honor Code Differs Slightly From Charlie Sheen Worldview

Tiger blood and cougar ethics just don't mix. After learning that Brandon Davies had been dismissed from the Brigham Young University Cougars basketball team for having premarital sex, a clear violation of the BYU Honor Code, Surge Desk couldn't help but reflect on a very different set of moral standards: those of...

Who Is Cupid? 5 Facts About the Valentine's Day Icon

That little cherub on your Valentine's Day card represents thousands of years of history. Cupid's name has become synonymous with love, matchmaking and all the red and pink glitz on Feb. 14. But what do we really know about him? Surge Desk decided to learn more about Cupid's legend. 1. He came from Roman mythology Cupid...

Mars in Moscow: Crew Simulates Landing on Red Planet

A Russian space mission "landed" on Mars today, but it wasn't exactly one giant leap for mankind. The mission was only simulated, so the Mars walk didn't actually take the six men outside of Moscow. The mock landing is part of an experiment to test the effects of the long flight to the actual red planet -- which takes...

Background on Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. Named after the Roman god of war, Mars, it is often described as the "Red Planet" as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance.

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