Mars organic molecule discovery is difficult to explain without life, NASA study suggestsNASA's Curiosity rover has detected long-chain organic molecules, alkanes, in an ancient Martian lake bed. Scientists argue these findings ...
15 Feb, 2026, 07.49 AM IST
NASA announces life on Mars? Did the new rover discover signs of water or oxygen?Did NASA announce life on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance rover drilled a mudstone core showing minerals and textures, vivianite and greigite, th...
15 Sep, 2025, 09.39 PM IST
NASA Curiosity Rover Shocking Discovery: This multi-billion-year-old rock on Mars reveals…NASA Curiosity Rover's shocking discovery about Mars is here. NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured images of a coral-shaped rock inside Gale...
09 Aug, 2025, 11.27 PM IST
Mars just got weirder: Curiosity rover spots coral-shaped rock formed by ancient waterNASA's Curiosity rover has discovered a coral-shaped rock inside Mars’ Gale Crater, pointing to a time when the planet had water. The delic...
08 Aug, 2025, 10.50 AM IST
Did life already exist on Mars? NASA's rover unearths ancient clues of a habitable red planetNASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered siderite, a carbonate mineral, in Mars’ Gale Crater, offering strong evidence that the Red Planet onc...
19 Apr, 2025, 04.30 PM IST
Iron mineral reason for Mars's red colour, study suggests; hints planet was once habitableResearch suggests Mars's red hue may be due to ferrihydrite, an iron oxide formed in cool water, implying past habitability. Data from Mars...
26 Feb, 2025, 04.23 PM IST
Mars crust has vast groundwater reserve but cannot supply future colony: StudyFor those tracking the fate of water after the planet's oceans disappeared over three billion years ago, the study's results are "good news...
14 Aug, 2024, 01.23 PM IST
Is life possible on Mars? Here’s what a recent study saysMany may question whether there’s life possible on the Red planet or not and if there is, why haven’t people moved out yet? Here’s what NAS...
15 Jul, 2023, 03.33 PM IST
We've found the first ever ‘shocked' zircon crystal from Mars. It provides a new view on a critical aspectMars is currently the most popular exploration target to search for evidence of life elsewhere. Yet little is known about its early history...
03 Feb, 2022, 10.21 AM IST
Humans will find alien life within two decades: ExpertNot ruling out the possibility that life still exists on Mars, Impey said that those lifeforms are likely below the surface and are, theref...
13 Jun, 2017, 04.08 PM IST
- First boron detection on Mars may provide clues on habitability
New York, Dec 14 (IANS) NASA's Curiosity rover has detected boron for the first time on the surface of Mars, indicating the potential for l...
14 Dec, 2016, 01.47 PM IST
- NASA's Curiosity rover on fresh drive to explore life
Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) After collecting some key samples on the Red Planet for the past four years, NASA's Curiosity rover is driving tow...
04 Oct, 2016, 01.15 PM IST
- Wet period on Mars more recent than previously thought
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) Lakes and snowmelt-fed streams on Mars formed much later than previously thought possible, new research has found.
16 Sep, 2016, 11.59 AM 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
Ancient asteroids enhanced life supporting habitat on MarsLarge comets and asteroids that bombarded Mars some 4 billion years ago likely enhanced climate conditions enough to make the red planet mo...
06 Apr, 2016, 03.44 PM IST
Curiosity rover detects life-supporting nitrogen on MarsThe nitrogen was detected in the form of nitric oxide, and could be released from breakdown of nitrates during heating.
25 Mar, 2015, 02.54 PM IST
Water-holding meteorite suggests Mars was habitableThe finding of a 'cell-like' structure, which investigators now know once held water, came about as a result of collaboration between scien...
16 Sep, 2014, 02.16 PM IST