27 July 2018
A pool of liquid water found under Mars' south pole
... the bedrock, any lingering liquid stuff is long gone - on the surface at least. Water ice and possible carbon dioxide ice does exist at the martian poles however and the presence of liquid water at the base of the...
02 August 2019
Newly found exoplanet may be suitable for life
... which could sustain surface habitability. The team found that if GJ 357 d has a geological cycle that regulates carbon dioxide concentration like on Earth, then the surface would be lovely and warm and possibly quite liveable. However...
08 January 2020
New technique on finding oxygen could help find alien life
...is essential for life as we know it. On Earth organisms such as algae, plants and trees convert molecules such as carbon dioxide (CO2) into oxygen (O2) – molecular oxygen, O2, and atomic oxygen, O, are both referred to as oxygen – in a process called...
24 February 2020
First results from InSight reveal a seismically active Mars
... is a scant amount of moist convection circulating the planet. Also unlike Earth, the atmosphere’s main component, carbon dioxide (CO2), preferentially condenses on the Martian polar regions and in the middle atmosphere. Overall, the data gleaned...
27 March 2020
Mercury's crust could have had episodic habitable conditions, new study says
... escaping Mercury’s subsurface. These volatiles, or volatile-rich compounds, include chemicals such as nitrogen, water, hydrogen, carbon dioxide and sulphates, stretched as far down as at least 2.5 kilometres, if not further and in some areas and...
18 June 2020
Countdown to NASA’s new Mars rover launch
... the rover include four to analyze the composition of Mars’ rocks and dust, one to try turning the carbon dioxide in Mars’ atmosphere into oxygen, a set of sensors to measure dust and wind, and a ground-penetrating radar. Riding...
