Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Data from a retired NASA mission has revealed evidence of underground water reserves deep beneath the Martian surface, according to a new study. A team of scientists estimates that there could be enough water trapped… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. NASA’s Perseverance rover may have found a key clue for its mission to Mars: geological evidence that could suggest life existed on the red planet billions of years ago. The robotic explorer came across a… Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO — For more than two decades, Elon Musk He focused on reaching Mars, the ultimate goal of his life, and founded the rocket company SpaceX. Over the past year, he has also been accelerating his work on what would happen if he got there. Musk, 53, has instructed SpaceX employees to study the… Read More »
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.com. Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on what life is like on Earth? Couldn’t there be completely different types of life on other planets?… Read More »
Is there or was there life on Mars? This profound question is so complex that it cannot be fully answered by the two NASA rovers currently investigating it. But because of the actual groundwork the rovers have performed, scientists are finally investigating the planet’s evidence of life, known as its “biological signatures,” in depth and… Read More »
Is there or was there life on Mars? This profound question is so complex that it cannot be fully answered by the two NASA rovers currently investigating it. But because of the actual groundwork the rovers have performed, scientists are finally investigating the planet’s evidence of life, known as its “biological signatures,” in depth and… Read More »
As the clamor continues to bring pieces of Mars back to Earth for intensive study, scientists are also developing tools and techniques that can be sent to the Red Planet to search for life in situ. Could these low-cost approaches eliminate the early need for samples taken directly from Mars? This option brings to mind… Read More »