Elon Musk and Donald Trump have announced ambitious plans to send a mission to Mars in 2026 and 2028. It’s not going to ...

In late 2013 and early 2014, NASA's Curiosity rover detected an unexpected spike in methane on Mars — 10 times the usual level. Within a few months, the spike faded. Since then, Curiosity has ...

We have spotted tantalising glimpses of methane on Mars a few times over the years, but it has been difficult to confirm the detections with other instruments. In 2019, Curiosity detected the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected methane on Mars, which is usually produced by living organisms on Earth. Produced by Emma Fierberg. Original reporting by ...

Methane might be a hazard to human health, but it is also powerful greenhouse gas. While it has a much shorter lifespan in ...

methane, and carbon dioxide, which would then trap solar radiation and help build a thicker Martian atmosphere. Whether the material for constructing the factories could be shipped to Mars or made ...

The teams, which are studying methane and ancient rocks on Mars, are releasing their findings in two separate papers today. The journal Science published the studies online Thursday afternoon.

SpaceX, the private space travel company run by Elon Musk, has just released details of its plans to send a human colony to ...

Is there really life on Mars? Was there once cellular material ... the atmosphere consisted mostly of ammonia, water vapor, methane, and hydrogen. With exposure to intense heat, ultraviolet ...