Curiosity showed that Mars experienced a megaflood which leads us to believe life might've existed on the planet
4 years, 4 months ago

Curiosity showed that Mars experienced a megaflood which leads us to believe life might've existed on the planet

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A meteor struck Mars and caused mega ripples were about 9.1 meters high and spaced about 137.1 meters apart which is similar to those on Eearth. After analysing data collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover, scientists have found that a huge flood once washed over the Gale crater on Mars, around four billion years ago. According to lead author Ezat Heydari, the mega ripples were about 9.1 meter high and spaced about 137.1 meters apart, and their shapes are identical to the features formed by melting ice on Earth about two million years ago. As the megaflood happened in the early life of Mars, following the release of carbon dioxide and methane from the planet’s frozen reservoirs, conditions must have been “warm and wet” on our neighbouring world for a short time thereafter.

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Evidence of hot water that’s essential to life points to Mars’ habitable past
4 months, 1 week ago

Evidence of hot water that’s essential to life points to Mars’ habitable past

The Independent  

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China’s Mars rover finds evidence of ancient sea on red planet
4 months, 3 weeks ago

China’s Mars rover finds evidence of ancient sea on red planet

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Life on Mars? Scientists discover 'oceans' of water 12 miles beneath the surface of the Red Planet - and say they could harbour microbes
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Life on Mars? Scientists discover 'oceans' of water 12 miles beneath the surface of the Red Planet - and say they could harbour microbes

Daily Mail  

Scientists have discovered 'oceans' of water 12 miles below the surface of Mars which could potentially harbour life. Seismic data from NASA's Insight lander indicates deep, porous rock filled with liquid water that experts predict would cover the entire red planet to the depth of around a mile. Scientists have discovered 'oceans' of water 12 miles below the surface of …

Mars exploration: NASA’s Curiosity searches for new clues about ancient water
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Mars exploration: NASA’s Curiosity searches for new clues about ancient water

Live Mint  

The presence of water on Mars—Earth’s neighbour —is not an alien concept. However, a recent study by an international team has suggested that the fourth planet of the solar system from the Sun might have retained more water for a longer period than previously thought. As the Curiosity rover of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has begun exploring a …

Mars rover data confirms ancient lake sediments on red planet
1 year, 2 months ago

Mars rover data confirms ancient lake sediments on red planet

The Hindu  

NASA's rover Perseverance has gathered data confirming the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on Mars called Jezero Crater, according to a study published on Friday. The findings from ground-penetrating radar observations conducted by the robotic rover substantiate previous orbital imagery and other data leading scientists to theorize that portions of Mars …

Pre-Historic Life On Mars? NASA's Curiosity rover spots a strange bone-like rock on the red planet
1 year, 11 months ago

Pre-Historic Life On Mars? NASA's Curiosity rover spots a strange bone-like rock on the red planet

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In its most recent set of images uploaded, NASA’s Curiosity rover has shared a number of images of a strange structure on Mars. ‘Really unusual, never seen anything like this and I have been looking at Mars photographs since the Sojourner mission back in 1997,’ another person said. Ms, Cabrol also stated that it was most likely the “remains of …

Mars rover reveals new details about Red Planet’s water history
2 years, 4 months ago

Mars rover reveals new details about Red Planet’s water history

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Perseverance rover collects key rocky clues as to whether there was life on Mars
2 years, 7 months ago

Perseverance rover collects key rocky clues as to whether there was life on Mars

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Researcher finds first mineral evidence confirming water flowed on Mars longer than previously thought
3 years, 2 months ago

Researcher finds first mineral evidence confirming water flowed on Mars longer than previously thought

India Today  

While rovers trundle on the surface in search of ancient microbial life, the machines hovering above Mars have identified a crucial development in the evolution of the Red Planet. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has determined that water left salt minerals on the surface as recently as two billion years ago. It has already been determined that the surface of the …

Mars' surface shaped by fast, furious floods from overflowing craters
3 years, 6 months ago

Mars' surface shaped by fast, furious floods from overflowing craters

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: A new study, led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, has found that massive floods from overflowing crater lakes had an outsized role in shaping the Martian surface, carving deep chasms and moving vast amounts of sediment. "If we think about how sediment was being moved across the landscape on ancient Mars, lake breach floods were …

Mars didn’t lose all of its water at once, based on Curiosity rover find
3 years, 11 months ago

Mars didn’t lose all of its water at once, based on Curiosity rover find

CNN  

CNN — Mars was a warm, wet planet that was likely capable of supporting life billions of years ago. The latest study, gathered from data captured by one of the rover’s instruments, suggests that Mars actually transitioned back and forth between wetter and drier times before losing its surface water completely around three billion years ago. A Mars history lesson …

NASA's Curiosity Rover Found Early Mars Was Habitable. But Did Aliens Really Live There?
4 years, 4 months ago

NASA's Curiosity Rover Found Early Mars Was Habitable. But Did Aliens Really Live There?

News 18  

Elon Musk wants humans to colonize Mars – but what if we’re not the first species there? NASA’s Curiosity rover recently discovered traces that a flood had once washed over the Gale crater on Mars, around four billion years ago. The water vapour and release of gases from the surface may have combined to produce a short period of warm …

Data from NASA's Curiosity Rover Hints at Ancient Megaflood in Mars: Study
4 years, 4 months ago

Data from NASA's Curiosity Rover Hints at Ancient Megaflood in Mars: Study

News 18  

Giant flash floods once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around four billion years ago, according to a study which hints at the possibility that life may have existed on the Red Planet. The research, published recently in the journal Scientific Reports, assessed data collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover — launched in November 2011 — and found that ”gigantic …

Mars was capable of sustaining life, has traces of gigantic flash floods on Gale crater, finds study
4 years, 4 months ago

Mars was capable of sustaining life, has traces of gigantic flash floods on Gale crater, finds study

India Today  

A new study at Scientific Reports has suggested that Mars was capable of sustaining life a long time ago. The findings on the gigantic flash floods on Mars' Gale crater were ascertained detailed sedimentological data observed by Nasa's Curiosity rover which was launched in November 2011. "We identified megafloods for the first time using detailed sedimentological data observed by the …

Scientists study if meteorite impacts help create life on Earth and beyond
4 years, 6 months ago

Scientists study if meteorite impacts help create life on Earth and beyond

India TV News  

A new study, posits that impact craters should absolutely be considered by space agencies like NASA and ESA as top exploration targets, not just for their invaluable post-impact geological records, but also -- and perhaps more importantly -- as prime locations for seeking potential habitats for extraterrestrial life. "There are a lot of hypotheses for where life started on Earth …

Life on Mars: What we now know (and still don’t know)
5 years, 3 months ago

Life on Mars: What we now know (and still don’t know)

CNN  

CNN — For decades, space was the final frontier. “Mars is a planet that started with all the same raw materials as Earth, but along the way has suffered changes,” said the European Space Agency’s Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, David Parker. “You could say it’s kind of broken down.” Because it was once Earth’s sister planet, Parker said …

Ancient Mars was home to large bodies of moving water, study suggests
6 years, 4 months ago

Ancient Mars was home to large bodies of moving water, study suggests

Daily Mail  

Massive floods that loomed more than 65 feet high may once have swept the surface of Mars. This is according to a new study, which argues that many of the rock depositions on the red planet are the result of large bodies of moving water, not just ‘a puny river.’ Researchers say Mars may once have been home to global …

Life on Mars a possibility after discovery of first-ever liquid water lake
6 years, 8 months ago

Life on Mars a possibility after discovery of first-ever liquid water lake

India Today  

The new revelation takes space enthusiasts' excitement to a next level. Boffins have discovered the first-ever liquid water lake on Mars and is thought to be the largest body of liquid water ever found on the Red Planet. New findings from Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars. - Orosei …

Nasa’s Curiosity rover marks 5 years of Mars exploration
7 years, 7 months ago

Nasa’s Curiosity rover marks 5 years of Mars exploration

Live Mint  

Washington: Nasa’s Curiosity rover which found evidence that ancient Mars had the right conditions to support microbial life has marked five years of exploring the red planet. Curiosity, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars. On 5 August 2012, the mission team at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in …

Mars was plagued by MEGA-VOLCANOES
8 years, 9 months ago

Mars was plagued by MEGA-VOLCANOES

Daily Mail  

Today, Mars is a dry and desolate world with little geological activity - but it has not always been that way. Scroll down for video Curiosity's instruments found a substance called tridymite - a kind of crystal that only forms on Earth as a result of extremely hot, silcic volcanoes. Curiosity's instruments found a substance called tridymite - a kind …

‘Megafloods’ may have carved canyons on Earth and Mars: Gorges in Idaho could unlock secrets to red planet's watery past
11 years, 3 months ago

‘Megafloods’ may have carved canyons on Earth and Mars: Gorges in Idaho could unlock secrets to red planet's watery past

Daily Mail  

‘Megafloods’ may have carved canyons on Earth and Mars: Gorges in Idaho could unlock secrets to red planet's watery past Scientists predict a flood 9 metres deep occurred in Idaho 46,000 years ago They believe this carved 'ampitheatre' canyons in Malad Gorge State Park Similarities between canyons in this region and those on Mars suggest the same process occurred on …

Scientists claim new data is 'strongest evidence yet' that Mars may have supported life
12 years, 2 months ago

Scientists claim new data is 'strongest evidence yet' that Mars may have supported life

The Independent  

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Mars rover Curiosity finds evidence of ancient fast-moving streams on surface of red planet
12 years, 6 months ago

Mars rover Curiosity finds evidence of ancient fast-moving streams on surface of red planet

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