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Why the Moon’s South Pole Is Becoming the Centre of a New Space RaceThe Moon's south pole, once a scientific curiosity, is now a strategic prize due to discovered water ice. This frozen resource promises to ...
Can Humans Really Survive on Mars? 6 Science-Backed AnswersMars presents significant environmental challenges, but research indicates these can be engineered around. Strategies for radiation shieldi...
Mars Gullies Formed by Sand and CO2, Not WaterMars' strange gullies are not carved by water as once thought. New research shows sand and seasonal carbon dioxide ice are the main sculpto...
Did Mars have sandy beaches? New study reveals clues of a lost ocean and suggests the planet was once warm and wetNew findings provide evidence that Mars may have had a vast ocean around 3.5 to 4 billion years ago. During this period, the planet had a t...
NASA's mission to Mars: When can humans reach the red planet?NASA plans to send humans to Mars by 2035 to explore potential life; the 500-day mission follows a six to seven-month journey. After the Ar...
NASA's Curiosity rover discovers carbon which may yield clues to ancient Mars: StudyOn Earth, a strongly carbon 13 depleted signature from a paleo surface would indicate past microbes consumed microbially produced methane. ...
ESA probe beams unveils Mars landscape shaped by water, wind and iceLying at the boundary of the northern and southern hemisphere, the region is an example of past activity on the planet.
- Volcanic eruptions behind mysterious Martian rock formation: Study
Washington, June 18 (IANS) Explosive volcanic eruptions that shot jets of hot ash, rock and gas skyward are the probable source of a myster...
- Scientists spot massive ice deposits on Mars
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) Scientists have unearthed thick and massive deposits of ice in some regions on Mars.
Swirling spirals spotted at the north pole of MarsThe mosaic generated from 32 individual orbit 'strips' captured between 2004 and 2010, and covers an area of around a million square kilome...
- Huge underground deposit of ice found on Mars
New York, Nov 23 (IANS) Using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have discovered a large deposit of ice beneath a reg...
- 'Funnel' on Mars could host key ingredients for habitability
Washington, Nov 11 (IANS) A funnel-shaped depression on Mars could be a new place to look for signs of life on the Red Planet, a study says.
Gigantic water ice slab found on MarsResearchers have discovered an enormous ice slab on Mars, measuring 130 feet thick and covering an area equivalent to that of California an...
Curiosity rover's new data indicates Mars may hold liquid waterThe explanation is that the substance perchlorate has been found in the soil, which lowers the freezing point so the water does not freeze ...
New energy device may power life on MarsThe research pioneered at Northumbria Univ., Newcastle and Edinburgh Univ proposes using the vapour created by this effect to power an engi...
Ice deposits waxed and waned on Mars: StudyScientists have found new evidence that glacier-like ice deposits advanced and retreated multiple times in regions of Mars in recent past.
NASA probe indicates asteroid once had flowing waterVesta was once thought to be completely dry, incapable of retaining water because of the low temperatures and pressures at its surface.
Ancient rock shows signs of water on MarsMars' atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide but contains some ozone, said Shaheen, who investigated the process of oxygen isotope exchange.
- NASA spacecraft starts digging after landing on Mars
NASA's Phoenix lander has been ordered to begin its long-awaited exploration of Mars' north pole region by clawing into the permafrost to s...