subsurface water on Mars
How Life Could Live Under the Ice on Mars
Mars has been a fascination to us for centuries. Early observations falsely gave impressions of an intelligent civilisation but early…
Marsquakes Can Help Us Find Water on the Red Planet
Earth is a seismically active planet, and scientists have figured out how to use seismic waves from Earthquakes to probe…
Don't Get Your Hopes Up for Finding Liquid Water on Mars
In the coming decades, NASA and China intend to send the first crewed missions to Mars. Given the distance involved…
Frost Seen on Olympus Mons for the First Time
It’s been known for years that there are large quantities of water ice locked up in the Martian poles. Around…
Unfortunately, There are Other Viable Explanations for the Subsurface Lakes on Mars
A fresh examination of the data obtained by the Mars Express mission has shown that there may not be lakes…
Maybe Mars Didn’t Lose its Water After All. It’s Still Trapped on the Planet
Roughly 4 billion years ago, Mars looked a lot different than it does today. For starters, its atmosphere was thicker…
You’re Going to Need a Bigger Drill. The Best Place for Life on Mars is Deep, Deep Underground
New research has indicated that subterranean lakes could exist on Mars thanks to geothermal heating, which is where any life…
Mars Express Finds Even More Ponds of Water Under the Ground on Mars
A reexamination of data obtained by the Mars Express probe has found more evidence of stable bodies of water beneath…
There Might be Enough Oxygen Below the Surface of Mars to Support Life
According to new study supported by NASA, a team of researchers found that Mars may have enough oxygen in subsurface…
New Study Could Help Locate Subsurface Deposits of Water Ice on Mars
A new study by a team led by the Smithsonian Institution has cast doubt on there being subsurface ice on…