May 16 (UPI) --NASA and the European Space Agency will search together for signs of life on Mars, the U.S. space administration announced Thursday. They will collaborate on the ExoMars Rosalind ...
Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, NASA’s Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to “search for potential evidence of past life,” according to the official mission objectives. Jezero ...
Underground lava tubes are strange places on Earth, but on Mars, it’s believed they could offer a readymade shelter from ...
ESA’s ExoMars rover will join an orbiter launched in 2016 on a mission to search for evidence of past life on Mars. Credit: ESA WASHINGTON — NASA and the European Space Agency have completed ...
Artist's impression of NASA's new Mars rover Perseverance, which will be launched July 30, 2020. (NASA / JPL-Caltech) (CN) — NASA officials updated the public on the rover Perseverance's mission to ...
Evidence is mounting about what may be a wealth of organic molecules – a potential indicator of life – on Mars, with new findings from Nasa’s Perseverance rover suggesting the presence of a ...
Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on how life is on Earth? Couldn’t there be totally different kinds of life on other planets? – Henry, age 13, Somerville ...
Have you ever played hide-and-seek in a new place? It’s much harder than playing at home. You only know the obvious hiding spots: under the bed, in the closet, behind the couch. The trick is trying to ...
An artist's impression of the ExoMars rover on the surface of Mars. Gathering dust was what it was supposed to be doing on Mars by now, but after a series of delays caused by a pandemic and then ...
The ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission is being boosted by NASA technology, following changes to the mission after the ESA cut ties with Russia’s Roscosmos. NASA and the European Space Agency ...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do astronomers look for signs of life ...
Researchers found that the red planet's Tharsis volcanoes - the tallest in the solar system - have "on and off" patches of ...