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The Phoenix lander has found ice on Mars. Astronomers identify it as ice because some of it that was unearthed in a trench dug by the lander disappeared 4 days later, meaning it melted or vaporized. NASA thinks that water is “locked up” in a layer of permafrost just under the surface of Mars.

BBC News quotes NASA’s Peter Smith as saying, “It must be ice. These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days?that is perfect evidence that it’s ice?There had been some question whether the bright material was salt. Salt can’t do that.” But is it WATER ice??the kind that can support life (either Martian or human, should we eventually set up a colony there).

Stay tuned.
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It will be a kind of Woodstock of The Edge! – One of our readers writes: “I am going to be there and am getting more excited about it every day. To be surrounded by people like me will truly be a life experience. The networking and the exchanging of opinions and ideas of what all this strangeness really means will be incredible. See you there!” We started out calling our June 27-29 event a “Conference,” but we decided to call it a “Festival” instead, because we don’t think hearing the latest news about the “edge” should be dreary or scary?it should be the best kind of fun you can possibly have!

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Recent Wargames suggest they will – Is Israel going to do our dirty work for us? BBC News and the New York Times report that Israel just carried out what seems to have been a “rehearsal” for an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The US has admitted that more than 100 Israeli fighter jets took part in maneuvers over the eastern Mediterranean and over Greece during the first week of June. BBC News quotes a Pentagon official as saying, “They wanted us to know, they wanted the Europeans to know, and they wanted the Iranians to know. There’s a lot of signaling going on at different levels.” This implies that the US DIDN”T know about it ahead of time, but of course we did.
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…and nearly collides with it! – On June 8 in Wales, a police helicopter chased what was described as a “saucer-shaped” UFO “with flashing lights” and nearly collided with it, until the helicopter lost sight of the craft and had to give up the chase because it ran low on fuel. A spokesman for South Wales Police said: “We canconfirm the Air Support Unit sighted an unusual aircraft.This was reported to the relevant authorities for theirinvestigation.”
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