By Alexander Brasier, University of Aberdeen; David Wacey, University of Western Australia, and Mike Rogerson, University of Hull The search for life on Mars has taken a step forward with the NASA Curiosity rover’s discovery of organic matter on the bottom of what was once a lake. It may once have been part of an … Continue reading The hunt for life on Mars: new findings on rock ‘chimneys’ could hold key to success
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Rover detects ancient organic material on Mars – and it could be trace of past life
The Curiosity rover on Mars has been busy. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSBy Monica Grady, The Open University It was to a great fanfare of publicity that researchers announced they had found evidence for past life on Mars in 1996. What they claimed they had discovered was a fossilised micro-organism in a Martian meteorite, which they argued was evidence … Continue reading Rover detects ancient organic material on Mars – and it could be trace of past life
Our rover could discover life on Mars – here’s what it would take to prove it
Mars seen by Viking. NASA / USGS Claire Cousins, University of St Andrews Finding past or present microbial life on Mars would without doubt be one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. And in just two years’ time, there’s a big opportunity to do so, with two rovers launching there to look … Continue reading Our rover could discover life on Mars – here’s what it would take to prove it