When we hear the word “methane,” we often think of natural gas, which heats homes, propels cars, and helps fuels fires for ...

Detections of methane on Mars have excited scientists because, on Earth, the gas is often produced by microbes - its presence could indicate that similar life was, or is, present on the red planet.

A surprising and mysterious belch of methane gas on Mars hints at possible microbial life underground, but also could come from changes in rocks, a new NASA study found.

"It's also a really interesting gas on Mars and we don't understand exactly where it's coming from or where it's disappearing to." On Earth, Sapers said, most methane is biogenic, meaning it's ...

Scientists first detected trace amounts of methane in the Mars atmosphere in 2003 and have continued to be perplexed by it.

But methane emissions remain stubbornly high. MARS can help transform these pledges into progress, says Coutto. It’s the only ...

The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) that stationed itself 400km (248.5 miles) above Mars in April last year was expected to detect methane, a potential bi-product of life.

Under the 24-hour midnight sun, they plan to study super-salty cold springs that release methane on Gypsum Hill, about a 45-minute hike from the research station.

AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND, NUNAVUT - A team of researchers has travelled to a remote Arctic island in the hopes of better understanding the possibility of life on Mars.