29 July 2020
Puzzling new gas signatures found on Mars
...now spotted never-before-seen signatures of ozone (O3) and carbon dioxide (CO2); features that are both "puzzling and surprising"... Gas Orbiter (TGO), featuring the spectral signatures of carbon dioxide (CO2) and ozone (O3). The bottom panel shows ...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
...the surface regolith and, in the case of Mars, a carbon dioxide (CO2) atmosphere in an attempt to become almost self-sustaining...., including nitrogen, CO2, ammonia, methane and sulphur dioxide. A miniaturised lab known as ProSPA will analyse the...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
... is not just beneficial for their use as a potential food source. Plants also produce oxygen and take in carbon dioxide, which makes their contribution to the successful establishment of a Moon colony critical. Research has proved that simulated...
January 2023
Producing food in space
... that makes the whole journey possible. Interestingly, the Solein bioprocess uses the byproducts of breathing, as the carbon dioxide emitted by the respiration of the crew can be utilised directly for food production. The microbial cells are...
23 September 2019
Venus may once have had oceans says a new study
... dense atmosphere, consisting of more than 96 percent carbon dioxide intermingled with sulphuric acid that is opaque to visible ... events approximately 700-750 million years ago whereby carbon dioxide stored in the planet’s rocks was released en...
07 July 2021
Methane detected on Enceladus could be a sign of life, study shows
... matter that may be present in Enceladus' core and that could be partially turned into dihydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide through the hydrothermal process. This hypothesis is very plausible if it turns out that Enceladus formed through the...
