In a rather shocking turnaround, NASA is reporting with confidence that there is indeed methane on Mars. This methane, which was detected by the Curiosity rover, can only really come from two places: ...

Since 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover has repeatedly detected methane on Mars, specifically near its landing site inside the 96-mile-wide (154 kilometers) Gale Crater. But that Mars methane is behaving ...

Recent discoveries from Mars rovers have reignited the debate about the possibility of life on the Red Planet. A groundbreaking find has detected methane beneath the Martian surface, raising questions ...

Methane, a chemical that results from the decay of organic matter, briefly shot up in abundance on Mars, according to readings from the Curiosity rover published in the journal Science. The tenfold ...

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has made consistent and puzzling findings while roaming the barren surface of the planet’s Gale Crater: mysterious puffs of methane gas that only appear at night and vanish ...

Martian methane releases are rare, episodic, and often debated, but scientists have discovered evidence of a methane emission in June 2013, which constitutes the first confirmation of a methane ...

NASA explains that on Earth, methane emissions are primarily attributed to living organisms, prompting surprise among researchers as Mars hasn't shown conclusive evidence of current or past life.

Two Dartmouth researchers have weighed in on the debate over whether the presence of methane gas on Mars indicates life on the red planet. Mukul Sharma, Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, and ...

REUTERS - NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has found carbon-containing compounds in samples drilled out of an ancient rock, the first definitive detection of organics on the surface of Earth’s neighbor ...