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
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
New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient lifeNASA's Perseverance rover has discovered intriguing rocks in a Martian river channel, potentially hinting at ancient microbial life. The ro...
11 Sep, 2025, 02.11 PM IST
World shaking discovery by NASA; here's what the space agency has disclosed about the red planet MarsLatest reports have revealed that a recent discovery by NASA has actually left the world in utter shock while the space agency has disclose...
10 Dec, 2024, 12.51 AM 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
NASA Scientists gather ancient rocks from Isle of Rum for Mars Space Mission testingResearchers have revealed that ancient rocks sourced from the Isle of Rum will have a significant role in an upcoming international space m...
29 Jul, 2023, 10.46 PM IST
China's first Mars rover may not be able to restartThe Chinese Mars rover, Zhurong, launched in 2020, may not be able to restart itself after an extended hibernation period due to insufficie...
01 May, 2023, 10.59 AM IST
What if there's alien life on Mars, but our rovers just can't 'see' it?On Earth, most organisms use photosynthesis to harness energy from sunlight.
22 Feb, 2023, 06.36 PM IST
Life on Mars? This may be the place to find themRocks collected by Perseverance are filled with organic molecules, and they formed in a lake that would have been habitable a few billion y...
16 Oct, 2022, 09.48 AM IST
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. ...
19 Jan, 2022, 06.57 PM IST
- Mars 2020 rover set to sport more efficient robotic arm (Science Trend)
Los Angeles, Feb 15 (IANS) As the US space agency NASA prepares to send its next Mars 2020 mission in search of signs of life on the Red Pl...
17 Feb, 2017, 01.16 AM IST
- Mars crust contributed to makeup of its atmosphere
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Chemistry in the surface material on Mars contributed dynamically to the make-up of its atmosphere over time, a s...
30 Sep, 2016, 01.06 PM IST
NASA's new game marks Curiosity's 4th anniversary on MarsThe game also illustrates how NASA's next Mars rover will use radar to search for underground water.
06 Aug, 2016, 10.17 AM IST
Mars rover Curiosity can now fire laser on its ownThe software is enabling ChemCam to select rock targets - first time autonomous target selection is available for an instrument of this kin...
25 Jul, 2016, 05.16 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
Curiosity set to drill into crystal-rich rock on MarsIn the first round, the rover drove about 110 metres and scouted sites ranging about 9 metres in elevation. Then it investigated selected s...
15 Jan, 2015, 03.06 PM IST
NASA's Curiosity rover detects organic matter on MarsNASA's Mars rover Curiosity has made the first definitive detection of organic molecules, the building blocks of all known forms of terrest...
17 Dec, 2014, 02.23 PM IST