Scientists have found that ancient Martian lakes could have survived for decades despite freezing air temperatures. Using a ...

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. The rock, which fell to Earth from Mars, could reveal clues about the Red ...

The current image of Mars as an arid and hostile desert contrasts sharply with the history revealed by its surface. Channels, ...

Using high-resolution imagery from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the AI analyzed the bedrock and boulder fields. It ...

What everyone agrees on is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to Earth. This issue ...

The Perseverance rover is continuing its mission to find clues about the geological past of Mars. The rover’s main goals are ...

Le microphone de l’instrument SuperCam, embarqué sur le rover Perseverance, a permis de mettre en évidence des phénomènes électriques inattendus dans l’atmosphère martienne. Cette découverte, fondée ...

Par Baptiste CHIDE, chargé de recherche CNRS à l’Irap (Université de Toulouse), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées ; et Franck MONTMESSIN, directeur de recherche CNRS au Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, ...

Sous près de deux kilomètres de glace, l’Antarctique cache un paysage que personne n’avait encore vraiment vu. Montagnes, vallées profondes, reliefs abrupts... Grâce à une nouvelle carte d’une ...

Dispersés sur le sol rougeâtre du cratère Jezero comme des miettes de craie oubliées, ces fragments de roche blanche n’ont l’air de rien. Pourtant, ils viennent de réécrire une page entière de ...

Franck Montmessin a reçu des financements de l'ANR et du CNES. Baptiste Chide does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this ...

Nearly 14 years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars for a mission to explore the red planet and discover if it had an environment capable of supporting microbial life. Over the years, the rover ...