03 May 2016
Martian Seasonal Streaks May be Caused by Boiling Water
... be streaks of super-salty brine. The report said that evidence had been found in the lines of “hydrated” salt minerals, which require water for their creation. The lines are typically under five metres wide...
20 May 2016
Evidence for massive Tsunamis found on Mars
... their flow-related shapes. "Cold, salty waters may offer a refuge for life in extreme environments, as the salts could help keep the water liquid. ... If life existed on Mars, these icy tsunami lobes are very...
27 July 2016
Where did Ceres' craters go?
... form, ruling out a significant rocky surface for the dwarf planet. If the crust was mixed with salts, this would weaken it allowing the basin topography to relax and become smoother, perhaps even making it disappear...
28 September 2016
Yorkshire mines to help shed light on life on Mars
In preparation for searching for life on Mars, a PhD student is testing a powerful spectrometer that will be used on the ExoMars mission by exploring similar environments on Earth - and where best to look but deep underground in Yorkshire, England. ...
04 March 2019
Does life grow like this elsewhere in the cosmos?
...'s moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus for example; both of which are suspected of having large liquid salt-water oceans beneath their frozen surfaces that are in contact with their seafloor. Not only that...
07 October 2019
Salty rocks found by Curiosity supports theory that Mars once had vast lakes
A new study on salt-bearing sediments analysed by NASA’s rover Curiosity suggests that Gale crater on Mars was once home to salty ...
