But we won't know for sure until we go digging for it. Hints of methane on Mars go back all the way to the Mariner missions of the 1970s. But in 2013, NASA's Curiosity rover saw methane levels ...

Fluctuations in atmospheric pressure may be the driving force behind the release of subsurface methane into Mars' atmosphere, according to recent research published in the Journal of Geophysical ...

The mystery of methane on Mars just got a whole lot more complicated. The gas, which on Earth is produced in large part by living things, has previously been detected on the Red Planet by remote ...

Ever since the discovery of methane on Mars, scientists have wondered if the Red Planet might harbor life. Now, researchers know where to look: deep under the surface of a broad Martian plain. The ...

The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics ...

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, 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 ...

Though there are several ways that methane could be released by geological processes on Mars, the production of this gas by microbes living deep beneath the surface remains a tantalising possibility.

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 ...

Credit: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems Ever since the discovery of methane on Mars, scientists have wondered if the Red Planet might harbor life. Now, researchers know where to look ...

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