Missing martian atmosphere lies locked away

Mars is a pretty horrible place for any creature used to life on Earth. The average surface temperature is -63°C (-81°F) and doesn’t reach above freezing anywhere except right on the equator, during t

What the scientists are saying… The oldest ...

Carbon dioxide is a bit of a problem, what with changing the climate and all. But what if we had batteries that could not only trap this problematic gas, but also store renewable energy? That is exact

Long ignored by scientists, cosmic dust is becoming an increasingly important field of study

I found your recent article Are We Aliens? (June, p62) very interesting. I noticed it mentioned that samples from the Mars Sample Return mission would “give us further clues” about the panspermia theo

The prospect of life on Mars – Earth’s planetary next-door neighbour, an alien world that betrays tantalising hints of a watery past – has bewitched humanity for centuries. From the ‘canals’ seen by a