11 November 2016
Beagle 2 Mars probe came close to success
... taken by the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. According to lead digital design... dust devils were cleaning the panels - as happened with Nasa's Mars Exploration Rovers," he said. "One possibility is that it could...
26 November 2018
Success for InSight as it performs a flawless landing on Mars
...Division in NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "It's taken more than a decade to bring InSight from a concept to a spacecraft approaching Mars - and even longer since I was first inspired to try to undertake this kind of mission," said Bruce Banerdt...
01 April 2019
First independent confirmation of methane on Mars
... produced in landfill areas as things start to decay. On Mars, given how barren the planet’s surface is now, finding methane..., our data suggest that the presence of methane on Mars might be characterised by small, short emissions and transient events...
09 March 2020
Organic molecules found on Mars could be consistent with early life, says study
...be consistent with the presence of early life on Mars, says astrobiologist Dirk Schulze‑Makuch at Washington State University... conceivable pathways that allowed the thiophenes to form on Mars. Thiophenes consist of four carbon atoms, four hydrogen ...
29 July 2020
Puzzling new gas signatures found on Mars
... scientists to build a more detailed view of ozone’s role in the planet’s climate. “Ozone and CO2 are important in Mars’ atmosphere. By not accounting for these gases properly, we run the risk of mischaracterising the phenomena or properties we see...
26 April 2021
Microbes could potentially live beneath Mars' surface, new study suggests
..., meaning that these tiny microorganisms could be present on Mars right now. Lurking deep underground in caves on our ...subsurface exploration science is that wherever you have groundwater on Mars, there's a good chance that you have enough chemical ...
