A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

The Perseverance rover has arrived at what’s thought to be an ancient shoreline on Mars.

Sean McMahon, Chancellor's Fellow in Astrobiology, The University of Edinburgh • conversation
April 23, 2024 • ~7 min

Studying lake deposits in Idaho could give scientists insight into ancient traces of life on Mars

While NASA rovers on the surface of Mars look for hints of life, researchers back on Earth are studying ‘echoes of life’ from ancient basins – hoping that the two sites might be similar.

Robert Patalano, Lecturer of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Bryant University • conversation
Feb. 5, 2024 • ~7 min

Landing on Mars: the historical missions that failed and the ones that made it

After the Chinese Zhurong's successful landing, we look at the previous Mars missions that have tried, and sometimes failed.

Osnat Katz, PhD Candidate in Space History, UCL • conversation
May 20, 2021 • ~6 min

Microfluidics: The tiny, beautiful tech hidden all around you

Electronics are not the only technology to have been miniaturized. Using the strange behavior of fluids in tiny spaces, microfluidic devices are critical to medicine, science and the modern world.

Albert Folch, Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington • conversation
May 14, 2021 • ~9 min

The Chinese Mars lander: how Zhurong will attempt to touch down on the red planet

On May 17 China will attempt to land its first rover on Mars.

Deep Bandivadekar, PhD candidate, University of Strathclyde • conversation
April 28, 2021 • ~7 min

Mars 2020: the hunt for life on the red planet is about to get serious

The Perseverance rover onboard Mars 2020 is our best bet for finding life on the red planet.

Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University • conversation
July 30, 2020 • ~7 min

Meteorites from Mars contain clues about the red planet's geology

Martian meteorites allow scientists here on Earth to decode that planet's geology, more than a decade before the first missions are scheduled to bring rocks back home from Mars.

Arya Udry, Assistant Professor of Igneous Petrology, Planetary Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas • conversation
June 16, 2020 • ~6 min

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