What a misplaced meteorite told us about Mars
11 million years ago, Mars was a frigid, dry, dead world, just like it is now. Something slammed into the unfortunate planet, sending debris...
Volcanic caves on Earth offer clues to finding life on Mars
Scientists are exploring Earth's ancient volcanic caves to uncover secrets that could help us search for life on Mars.
These caves, called lava tubes, form...
What’s behind the Martian methane mystery
The seasonal variations of methane in the Martian atmosphere is an intriguing clue that there might be life hiding under the surface of the...
How life could live under the ice on Mars
Mars has been a fascination to us for centuries. Early observations falsely gave impressions of an intelligent civilisation but early visiting probes revealed a...
Ancient meteorite reveals evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago
A team of scientists has found evidence of liquid water on Mars from 742 million years ago in a Martian meteorite known as the...
Flowing Martian water was protected by sheets of carbon dioxide
Mars’ ancient climate is one of our Solar System’s most perplexing mysteries. The planet was once wet and warm; now it’s dry and cold.
Whatever...
Scientists have figured out why Martian soil is so crusty
On November 26, 2018, NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) mission landed on Mars.
This was a major milestone in...
Scientists uncover how icy Mars once hosted rivers and a vast lake
New research suggests that ancient Mars, despite its icy conditions, once had rivers, lakes, and even a vast Mediterranean-sized lake, all flowing under thick...
Mars may have been habitable more recently than we thought
New research from Harvard University suggests that Mars might have been habitable more recently than scientists previously believed.
The study, published in Nature Communications, reveals...
Remember that “alien signal” sent by the ExoMars orbiter last year? It’s just been...
In May 2023, the ESA’s Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), currently in orbit around Mars, sent a signal to Earth to simulate a possible...