Curiosity finds molecules needed for ancient life on MarsNASA's Curiosity rover has discovered over 20 organic molecules, including proto-DNA-like structures, in Mars' Gale Crater. This groundbrea...
08 May, 2026, 04.42 PM IST
NASA’s Rover Found a Lost River System Under Mars, And It Changes What We Know About Its PastNASA's Perseverance Rover has uncovered a hidden river delta on Mars. This discovery suggests Mars experienced multiple wet periods, not ju...
04 May, 2026, 05.38 PM IST
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
Mars’ missing water quest sees an unexpected breakthrough, offering insights into the planet’s ancient climateScientists have long sought to explain why Mars, once rich in liquid water, became a dry desert. A new study reveals that intense, localize...
23 Feb, 2026, 09.04 PM 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
‘Dinosaur Eggs’ on Mars! NASA’s Curiosity Rover finds strange rock formations on red planetNASA's Curiosity rover finds unusual rocks on Mars. These rocks resemble fossilized eggs. The discovery occurred in The Boxworks region. Sc...
22 Aug, 2025, 02.39 PM IST
NIT research to improve weather prediction on Mars for better robotic, human mission planningResearchers from NIT Rourkela and Sun Yat-sen University analysed over 20 years of Mars mission data to study how dust storms, dust devils,...
30 Jun, 2025, 09.09 PM IST
NASA finds frozen dunes on Mars that could provide important insights about life on the Red planetNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a photo of frozen sand dunes in Mars' northern hemisphere. Taken in September 2022, the photo s...
16 Jan, 2025, 01.13 PM IST
Mars responsible for giant whirlpools in Earth's oceans? Know it all hereMars may be responsible for some whirlpools in the Earth’s oceans, probably leading to major climatic responses in the atmosphere, a study ...
13 Mar, 2024, 02.28 AM IST
Mars was not always a desert, study says red planet once had wet-dry climate conducive to supporting lifeNASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence that Mars may have once had wet and dry seasons changing like those on Earth, according to a stud...
10 Aug, 2023, 08.48 AM IST
Mars could have conditions suitable for life, reveals new discoveryThis alternating pattern of wet and dry periods is believed to have created an environment conducive to the development of complex ancient ...
10 Aug, 2023, 01.20 AM IST
The Red Planet deep under: Potential life on Mars likely lived below the surfaceUnderground heat would have been possible 4.1 bn years ago or in the Noachian era on Mars.
03 Dec, 2020, 02.34 PM IST
- Climate cycles led to water carved features on Mars' surface
New York, Dec 2 (IANS) Dramatic climate cycles on early Mars, triggered by buildup of greenhouse gases, may be the key to understanding how...
02 Dec, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
Mars emerging from Ice AgeMars emerging from an Ice Age, according to radar images of Mars's polar regions that are shedding new light on our climate cycle.
28 May, 2016, 07.58 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
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
- Glaciers reveal Mars' climate has been recently active
The climate on the Red Planet has been much more dynamic than previously believed, suggests a study that could have implications for the li...
24 Apr, 2008, 04.39 PM IST