New research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows that trapped gasses in ancient Martian meteorites pin down the timing and effectiveness of atmospheric escape processes that have shaped Mars’ climate.
From the pasture to the swamp, methane emissions on Earth are the effluvia of life. So what are whiffs of the gas doing on barren Mars?
When searching for life, scientists first look for an element key to sustaining it: fresh water.
A study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters posits that Mars formed in what today is the Asteroid Belt, roughly one and a half times as far from the Sun as its current position, before migrating to its present location.
Watching this newborn island erode could tell us a lot about Mars
NASA has unveiled its plan for its next Mars rover, “Mars 2020”, which will collect samples from the surface of the red planet.
Lava flow: an unstoppable destructive force that burns pretty much everything in its path. When a volcano erupts, it’s important that people in surrounding areas have adequate time to evacuate. To provide those crucial extra hours, or minutes, researchers are using drones to improve hazard predictions, and perhaps tell us something about life on ancient Mars.
In 1976, the United States sent a pair of space probes, known as Viking 1 and Viking 2, to Mars.
Mars is not exactly a friendly place for life as we know it, but life can last longer than we thought.
If it’s quiet solitude and beauty you seek, there is no better place than the surface of Mars.
