27 January 2020
US bill spurns Moon programme favouring Mars instead
... – could be 'repurposed’ under the new bill. Instead of a lunar Gateway, the bill advocates the requirement of a “Gateway to Mars” in cislunar space or at a Lagrange point. The martian Gateway, that specifically “shall not be required for the conduct...
28 September 2020
String of underground lakes found under Mars' South Pole
...discovering several subglacial liquid bodies of various sizes strewn under Mars’ South polar region. This time around, using a...the matter in ROOM recently, suggested the shallow subsurface of Mars at least may well be habitable. Handily, there are ...
12 February 2021
Water vapour spotted escaping from Mars' atmosphere
...decline of the hydrogen chloride gas to the surface of Mars, say the team but extensive laboratory testing and new ... gas discovered since the claimed observation of methane by ESA's Mars Express in 2004, which motivated the search for other organic ...
17 March 2021
Like Venus, ancient water on Mars is trapped in its crust, new study says
... volcanic degassing, atmospheric escape, and crustal hydration on Mars, a team headed by Caltech PhD candidate Eva Scheller...the past. Instead the team suggest that a significant portion of Mars's water — between 30 and 99 percent — is trapped within ...
09 February 2021
UAE Hope probe successfully enters Mars' orbit
...kilometres per hour (km/h) to some 18,000 km/h to achieve Mars Orbital Insertion (MOI). It will maintain this capture orbit,...with the unique instrumental synergy, Hope will explore Mars different atmospheric layers revealing new and global perspective...
15 August 2016
Was early Mars warmed by cirrus cloud cover?
...clouds, higher atmospheric CO2 pressures, and smaller particle sizes, the efficiency of the models decreased. For Mars to be warmed by cirrus clouds, a limiting set of factors including an atmosphere of 0.5 bar and 1 km thick cirrus clouds are needed...
