life on mars

The Same Technology Could Search for Microbes in Mars Rocks or Under the ice on Europa

NASA's SHERLOC and WATSON, two spectrometers designed to look for biosignatures, could answer if there's life on Mars on inside…

3 years ago

Perseverance has Started Driving on Mars

The Perservance rover has commenced science operations on Mars, which includes driving across the red sandy surface of Jezero Crater

3 years ago

New Perspective of Jezero Crater Shows the Path Perseverance Could use to Navigate

NASA has released images that show the path Perseverance could take through the Jezero crater during its primary mission.

3 years ago

What Happens if Perseverance Finds Life on Mars?

It's a fair question, isn't it? What IF Perseverance finds evidence of life on Mars? What will the implications of…

3 years ago

Plans for a Mars Sample Return Mission Have Moved to the Next Stage

The Mars Sample Return (MSR) program, a joint effort between NASA and the ESA to bring samples of Mars back…

3 years ago

Brines Could be Present on the Surface of Mars for up to 12 Hours, Never for a Full day

We are extremely interested in the possibility of water on Mars, because where there's water, there's the potential for life.…

3 years ago

At One Time, This Region of Mars was Inundated by a “Megaflood”

A new study of the Curiosity rover's data has show that the Gale Crater once experienced massive flooding, bolstering the…

3 years ago

Titan’s Atmosphere Has All the Ingredients For Life. But Not Life as We Know It

In a series of new studies on Saturn's moon Titan, researchers have found more indications that there could be exotic…

3 years ago

Starman Just Made his Closest Approach to Mars

In a interesting bit of SpaceX news, Starman and his cherry Tesla Roadster made their first flyby of Mars, and…

4 years ago

Mars Express Finds Even More Ponds of Water Under the Ground on Mars

A reexamination of data obtained by the Mars Express probe has found more evidence of stable bodies of water beneath…

4 years ago