22 July 2020
China's first Mars rover set to launch tomorrow
... in situ rover. Between them, the mission scientific objectives include; mapping the morphology and geological structure of Mars, investigating the surface soil characteristics and water-ice distribution and analysing the surface material composition...
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...
03 August 2020
Mars was cold and icy, not warm and wet, new study says
...highlands”, Galofre and colleagues analysed the morphology of valleys on Mars to determine the different ways in which they could have ... support for the presence of ice sheets on early Mars,” say the team in their research paper published by...
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 ...
