Using data from Ralph, a visible and infrared imager/spectrometer aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, scientists have detected frozen methane on the...
A multinational group of scientists led by Dr Nigel Blamey of Brock University and the University of Aberdeen, UK, has found methane in fragments of Martian...
Thawing permafrost in the Artic and sub-Arctic regions will likely produce a gradual and prolonged release of large quantities of greenhouse gases spanning...
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has detected methane in the Martian atmosphere around it and several organic molecules in a rock sample from its landing...
UK and Australian astronomers have developed a powerful new tool that could help detect chemical signs of alien life on planets outside of the Solar System.
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NASA scientists reported Thursday that the Mars rover Curiosity has not found any clear signs of methane, a gas that on our planet is a strong indicator...
An international team of researchers, led by Brazilian biologist Dr Angela Sanseverino, has presented a study that shows methane from lakebeds to be present...
A new study by European scientists has suggested that intense ultraviolet radiation on Mars releases methane from organic materials which meteorites transport...