Fluctuations in atmospheric pressure may be the driving force behind the release of subsurface methane into Mars' atmosphere, according to recent research published in the Journal of Geophysical ...

But we won't know for sure until we go digging for it. Hints of methane on Mars go back all the way to the Mariner missions of the 1970s. But in 2013, NASA's Curiosity rover saw methane levels ...

The mystery of methane on Mars just got a whole lot more complicated. The gas, which on Earth is produced in large part by living things, has previously been detected on the Red Planet by remote ...

We have spotted tantalising glimpses of methane on Mars a few times over the years, but it has been difficult to confirm the detections with other instruments. In 2019, Curiosity detected the ...

The findings are based on analyses of Mars mission data. The study identifies methanogens, a type of microbe known for producing methane, as potential candidates for life on Mars. These ...

methane, and carbon dioxide, which would then trap solar radiation and help build a thicker Martian atmosphere. Whether the material for constructing the factories could be shipped to Mars or made ...