30 July 2020
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully blasts off to Mars
... samples for a possible return to Earth by future Mars sample return missions from its landing location in Jezero Crater... is also designed to better understand the geology and climate of Mars, and to pave the way for human exploration beyond the Moon...
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 ...
02 November 2020
Rare meteorite reveals evidence of water on Mars 4.4 billion years ago
... making the early habitability of the planet possible, add the team in their paper. If water was available on Mars earlier than thought, it suggests it could be a natural byproduct of some process early on in planet formation, rather than delivered...
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...
