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Why Europe's New Mission to Mars is Such a Big Deal

Posted in Science on 12th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller

Early next week, the ExoMars mission launches with the goal of discovering signs of life on the Red Planet.

Astronomers identify trick to root out false-positives in the search for life

Posted in Science on 6th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scenarios in which the detection of oxygen in the atmosphere of exoplanets would not represent the presence of extraterrestrial life.

Great tilt gave Mars a new face

Posted in Science on 4th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller

Mars hasn't always looked like it does today. Some 3 to 3.5 billion years ago, the planet underwent a huge tilt.

NASA has invited India to collaborate on its mission to Mars

Posted in Science on 29th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

ISRO has already proved that it has the ability to get to the Red Planetary efficiently; the space agency spent only US $74 million (less than the budget of the film Gravity).

Mars Express provides a look at ancient Martian flooding

Posted in Science on 21st Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Fracture-like features are thought to have been caused by the loss of underground ice, as well as the general evaporation of water, which was once highly abundant.