Jul 1, 2015 by News Staff

Using data from Ralph, a visible and infrared imager/spectrometer aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, scientists have detected frozen methane on the...

Jun 16, 2015 by News Staff

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...

Apr 9, 2015 by News Staff

Thawing permafrost in the Artic and sub-Arctic regions will likely produce a gradual and prolonged release of large quantities of greenhouse gases spanning...

Mar 12, 2015 by News Staff

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided planetary researchers the first evidence that Enceladus – the sixth-largest of Saturn’s moons –...

Feb 28, 2015 by News Staff

Titan – a planetary body awash with seas not of water, but of liquid methane – could harbor oxygen-free, methane-based life forms, says a team...

Dec 17, 2014 by News Staff

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...

Jun 17, 2014 by News Staff

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. The...

Sep 20, 2013 by News Staff

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...

Aug 27, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers, led by Brazilian biologist Dr Angela Sanseverino, has presented a study that shows methane from lakebeds to be present...

May 31, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A new study by European scientists has suggested that intense ultraviolet radiation on Mars releases methane from organic materials which meteorites transport...