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
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
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
Green-living paint to generate oxygen on Mars? Here’s what scientists say about itResearchers are investigating an innovative approach to oxygen production on Mars, involving the use of desert-dwelling bacteria called Chr...
23 Oct, 2023, 10.54 PM IST
Antibiotic resistance, death of bees & loss of organic carbon: Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath's green warning to the worldNithin Kamath, founder and CEO of Zerodha, has shared alarming facts about sustainability and the environment. He highlighted the dangers o...
18 Sep, 2023, 03.43 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
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
Possibility of Perseverance finding evidence of life on Mars, challenging and exciting: ScientistsGoutam Chattopadhyay, Senior Research Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, US, said the Jezero crater was chosen a...
30 Jul, 2020, 08.02 PM IST
- NASA finds curious new clues to life on Mars
Washington, June 8 (IANS) NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered "tough" organic molecules in three-billion-year-old sedimentary rocks near ...
08 Jun, 2018, 11.07 AM IST
- Technique developed for turning Mars or moon rocks into concrete
San Francisco, May 7 (IANS) Civil engineers at the Stanford University have worked with colleagues at the US National Aeronautics and Space...
07 May, 2017, 09.01 AM IST
Organisms from Earth could survive on Mars: StudyMars could support life in the shape of methanogens, one of the simplest and oldest microorganisms found on Earth, a new study claims.
03 Jun, 2015, 01.11 PM IST
New technique may help detect life on MarsVisits to Mars by unmanned probes from NASA and the European Space Agency have found evidence that a prime condition for life once may have...
17 May, 2015, 04.25 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
Life on Mars more probable than thought: StudyScientists argue that carbon could have been deposited into the fissures of the rock when it was still on Mars by the infiltration of fluid.
03 Dec, 2014, 01.30 PM IST