Artemis II is a triumph, but NASA’s ‘most ambitious’ mission carrying possible evidences of life may never returnNASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission plans to bring Martian rocks and soil to Earth. This project seeks to understand if Mars was, i...
11 Apr, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
Today in US history, on March 10: Civil War leadership to breakthroughs in communication and space that shaped American innovation and leadershipMarch 10 holds significant US historical moments. In 1862, the first US paper money circulated. Alexander Graham Bell tested the telephone ...
10 Mar, 2026, 10.22 AM IST
Mars just shocked NASA: Perseverance accidentally records first evidence of lightning on the red planet; Here’s what it meansNASA's Perseverance rover has accidentally detected lightning-like electrical discharges on Mars, a breakthrough in understanding the plane...
28 Nov, 2025, 08.04 PM IST
Was there ever life on Mars? NASA may have found evidence, but retrieving it could cost $7.7 billionNASA has revealed two new strategies to bring back rock and dust samples from Mars collected by Perseverance rover. The aim is to return th...
09 Jan, 2025, 05.32 PM IST
Curiosity rover completes 4,000 days on Mars: NASANASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars' Gale Crater in 2012, has drilled its 39th sample, which was collected from a target nicknamed...
09 Nov, 2023, 12.23 PM IST
China's Zhurong Rover says Mars had water traces more recently than everThousands of millions of years more recently than previously believed, Mars may have had liquid water, according to China's Zhurong Rover. ...
13 May, 2022, 08.56 PM IST
UAE's Hope Probe nears Mars in first Arab missionThe Mars programme is part of the UAE's efforts to develop its scientific and technological capabilities and reduce its reliance on oil.
09 Feb, 2021, 05.28 PM IST
- Clay on Red Planet due to Martian crust, not water: Study
Washington, Dec 7 (IANS) Clay minerals on Mars could have formed during the creation of the Martian crust itself, long before any water flo...
07 Dec, 2017, 03.32 PM IST
- NASA renews hunt for Antarctic meteorites
Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) To help learn more about the primitive building blocks of the solar system and answer questions about Earths neig...
16 Nov, 2016, 11.33 AM IST
Decoding a planet! Wet period on Mars more recent than thoughtThe results suggest the surface conditions at this later time may also have been suitable for microbial life in Mars.
16 Sep, 2016, 03.31 PM IST
Ancient Mars hosted habitable environments: StudyThe extent of the global distribution of martian carbonates is not yet fully resolved and the early climate on the red planet is still subj...
25 May, 2016, 01.21 PM IST
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...
13 Sep, 2015, 02.44 PM IST
Oceans on Mars may have never existed: StudyAncient Mars never had oceans of water and could have looked more like an icy snowball than the warmer, wetter planet that many researchers...
22 Jul, 2015, 06.30 PM IST
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.
29 Jan, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
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.
24 Dec, 2014, 06.45 PM IST
Earth meteorite indicates water reservoir on Mars: NASAThis discovery helps resolve the question of where the "missing Martian water" may have gone.
19 Dec, 2014, 01.23 PM IST
Nasa says keen on sharing MAVEN data with India's Mangalyaan probeThe data from MAVEN spacecraft aims to help scientists understand what happened to the water on Mars and the carbon dioxide in its atmosphe...
23 Sep, 2014, 11.56 AM IST