Planets

New study finds surface waters on early Mars may have been habitable for microbial life

Scientists confirmed the find, called TOI 700 d, using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and have modeled the planet's potential environments to help inform future observations

Researchers found that while water vapor is common in the atmospheres of many exoplanets, the amounts were surprisingly lower than expected

European researchers have confirmed the absence of microbial life in hot, saline, hyperacid ponds in the Dallol geothermal field in Ethiopia

On Mars, oxygen behaves in a way that so far scientists cannot explain through any known chemical processes

A new study shows that the rover's Jezero crater landing site is home to deposits of hydrated silica, a mineral that just happens to be particularly good at preserving biosignatures

Research findings show for the first time that the unique structures on Martian landslides could have formed at high speeds of up to 360 kilometres per hour due to underlying layers of unstable, fragmented rocks

Texas A&M researchers found that Mars has undergone wet and dry periods and salt lakes formed similar to some found in South America

Whereas Earth's dunes are made of silicates or the largest class of minerals, imaging studies revealed that Titan's dunes contain dark organics of until now undetermined origin and chemical composition