Methane find takes us closer to life on Mars

Scientists have raised fresh hopes of finding evidence of life on Mars with the detection of 'plumes' of methane gas on the Red Planet, which has gripped the public imagination for more than a......

NASA Mars Lander detects snow from Martian clouds

Snow falling from the Martian clouds have been detected by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, with possibilities of it even reaching the planet's surface. Laser instruments on the lander have detected the......

With Mars behind him, Prasun Desai aims moon now

As the Phoenix Mars Lander safely landed on Mars on May 25, Dr Prasun Desai (seen in the picture) and his colleagues released the breath they had been holding in, in a long exhalation of relief.......

NASA's Phoenix scoops Martian soil

The robotic arm of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has delivered a partial scoopful of clumpy Martian soil to the oven on its Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer instrument, or TEGA. TEGA has eight......