Only about 12kg of oxygen is produced per second on Europa, which is on the lower side of previous estimates from about 5kg to 1,100 kg per second.
- Professor of Physics, Deputy Director (Solar System) at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL
Some scientists are keen to send humans to Venus on a flyby.
The European space agency will need both a launch vehicle and a lander platform to launch its ExoMars rover without help from Russia.
Scientists preparing to land the Rosalind Franklin rover in a few years are nervously awaiting the landing of Nasa’s Perseverance rover.
A new study shows how to create a habitable region on Mars, allowing us to grow plants to fuel human exploration.
Rovers including ‘Rosalind Franklin’ will pick up where Opportunity left off – trying to answer the question of whether there is, or ever has been, life on Mars.
There’s enough dissolved oxygen in the salty lake below Mars’ surface to support simple lifeforms such as sponges. Here’s what that means for space exploration.
Elon Musk may be disappointed by recent studies threatening his plans to go to Mars, but planetary scientists are breathing a sigh of relief.
We could find evidence of life on Europa within a couple of decades.
Surprising new results from the Juno mission may us help work out what’s going on at Saturn and other gas giants, too.
Musk dismisses one of the main technical challenges of being on the Martian surface: the temperature.
One of the most successful space exploration missions of all time still has a lot left to uncover.
Enormous odd feature presents puzzle for scientists.
Funding has been agreed for ESA’s ExoMars rover, giving new hope that Europe could find life on Mars.
New research solves enigma of strange hotspots in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
Why Planet Nine should be found in the next few years … if it exists.
A new planet in our solar system? Let’s get direct proof before we start naming it.
Have we been jumping to conclusions about water on Mars?
The solar wind has stripped Mars of its atmosphere, making it a lot less habitable than it once was.
Climate change is altering the iconic face of Jupiter, too
An exciting new exhibition at the Science Museum in London celebrates Soviet space success.
Exactly half a century ago the US Mariner 4 made the first flyby of Mars. But why are we still doing flybys today?
Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus joins Europa and Mars as possible locations for life beyond Earth.
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