MARS

Mars Rover Opportunity got a second wind and has discovered a rock that is different from any rock ever seen on Mars, said Steve Squyres, principal investigator for Opportunity at Cornell University.

Researchers with the European Space Agency has announced that after about seven years orbiting Mars, its Mars Express satellite has stumbled on a rare find — an ancient Martian lake.

Scientists announced on Friday that a satellite orbiting Mars has discovered that a huge crater on the red planet was once a water-filled lake.

The European Space Agency's Mars Express satellite has been orbiting Mars since around 2003, but it has just stumbled on a rare find that scientists believe is a glimpse into wetter days on the Red Planet. The satellite found evidence that a huge crater on Mars was once a water-filled lake, and ESA said the rare find was revealed by the presence of a delta, which is an ancient fan-shaped deposit of dark sediments, laid down in water.

A satellite orbiting Mars has found evidence that a huge crater on the Red Planet was once a water-filled lake and striking new images of the surface has been released. The new images were captured by the European Space Agency's Mars Express satellite, which have been orbiting Mars since 2003.

Opportunity, the resilient Mars rover that has been exploring the planet for seven years now, recently arrived at the massive Endeavour crater and discovered rocks that hint at an ancient water source and a once warmer plant.

NASA's Mars Exploration Robotic Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet's Endeavour crater, and the first rock it examined itself is creating waves among astronomers.

A Global Exploration Roadmap that will introduce a 25-year scenario for visits beyond Earth orbit is being drawn up by Nasa and their counterparts around the world. The destination?

Pre-packaged food rations may not be adequate to sustain the first manned mission to mars, scientists claim. Experts believe that kitchen Vegetable gardens will give the crew a healthier diet and produce more oxygen onboard.

Nuclear energy could find a second life on the moon and Mars.

Alien life stands a far better chance of being discovered thanks to vastly improved scientific detection devices, say scientists meeting this week in Denver at an American Chemical Society conference.

NASA has developed a suitcase-sized fission nuclear reactor capable of generating 40-kilowatt electricity in space. Designed to work on the fission nuclear technology, this nuclear reactor will prove to be a reliable power source not only on Earth, but on the moon and the Martian surface claim the scientists.

Scientists are working on compact nuclear power plants based on fission power technology for settlements on the Moon and Mars.

A compact, suitcase-size nuclear power plant could one day generate electricity for manned or unmanned bases on the moon, Mars, or other planets, a U.S. research team says.

NASA's researchers are investigating ways to implement a bioregenerative system in space that would allow astronauts to grow certain plants.

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Astronauts traveling to the Red Planet to script the first manned mission to Mars may have to grow their own food on the spacecraft.

A small, shrew-like creature from the Jurassic era may be the earliest-known ancestor of the present placental mammals, which includes humans, a new study reveals.

A microbial bacteria fossil discovered by Australian resesarchers may be proof of life on Earth before oxygen 3.4 billion years ago. The Strelley Pool Formation in Western Australia houses stromatolites which have been preserved there.

When a team of geologist unearthed 3.4-billion-year-old fossils, the microfossils preserved in the form of tiny circles and tubes meant much more than mere discovery of the oldest fossils on earth.

The oldest known fossils on earth have been discovered by a team of British and Australian geologists in the Australian Outback, giving clues about the origin of life on earth and hinting that similar lifeforms could exist on other planets like mars.