All mars articles
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ResearchSilica aerogel could heat the surface of Mars enough to sustain life
Insulating material could replicate the effects of Earth’s atmosphere on the red planet, warming it by 50°C
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Rover that will search for life on Mars named after Rosalind Franklin
Franklin rover will drill into red planet’s surface to look for evidence of life
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First firm evidence for liquid water on Mars
Not quite life on Mars, but there are lakes beneath the red planet’s glaciers
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Compelling evidence emerges for organic chemicals on the Red Planet
Discovery points to tantalising possibility that life might have existed on Mars billions of years ago
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ExoMars rover will carry tiny organic chemistry lab
Probe will drill down beneath the surface of the red planet in search of evidence life once existed there
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Dorset geology gives clues to past life on Mars
Fossilised microorganisms at England’s south coast offer clues to those studying the red planet
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Life on other planets
A series of missions to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn has revealed their potential to harbour life. Nina Notman looks to the skies
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Methane-led climate change explains early Mars’ wet spells
Red planet’s wobbles could have led to melting of methane clathrates and warming
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New ion trap method sets its sights on Mars
Technique that extends capabilities of existing instruments without physically modifying them could benefit origin-of-life studies on Mars
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Tools 3D printed using mock-up Mars dust
Working with extraterrestrial materials could be an important part of future space exploration
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Lost argon hints at Mars’ past climate
The red planet might once have had an atmosphere as thick as Earth’s, but has since lost most of its gases to space
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Martian manganese oxides hint at high past oxygen levels
Discovery in Mars’s rocks indicates that the planet once may once have had Earth-like levels of atmospheric oxygen
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Rechargeable first for promising battery tech
New cathode material makes for energetic, rechargeable sodium–carbon dioxide batteries that could power Mars vehicles
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Flowing salty brine found on Mars
Hydrated chlorate salts detected in slope streaks indicate contemporary water flow on the red planet
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Getting the measure of Mars
Sophisticated analytical chemistry is studying our neighbouring planet, as Andy Extance discovers
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Next Mars rover will make oxygen from CO2
Mars 2020 will set Nasa’s space exploration on a self-sufficiency course
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Nasa probe sets off for Mars
Suite of instruments will investigate why the red planet’s atmosphere vanished, leaving it a drier, colder place
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Dried lake bed on Mars ‘could have supported life’
Detection of compounds in varying oxidation states suggests bacteria-friendly chemical gradients might have once existed
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Careers
Curiosity's mission to Mars with x-ray vision
As Nasa’s Curiosity rover roams the red planet, Nicola Davis talks to the scientists whose laboratory is a million miles away
