Space & Astronomy

NASA set to make another Mars announcement

By T.K. Randall
November 4, 2015 ·  47 comments

What became of Mars' atmosphere ? Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech There has been no shortage of announcements about space-based discoveries this year and now NASA scientists who have been working on determining what happened to the atmosphere of Mars have revealed that they will be unveiling their latest discoveries tomorrow at around 2pm EST.

"NASA to announce new findings on fate of Mars' atmosphere. NASA will provide details of key science findings from the agency's ongoing exploration of Mars…" the agency wrote.

As tends to be the case in the run-up to such announcements there has been a growing excitement over exactly what it is that the researchers intend to reveal - most of which centering around the possibility that we might be about to learn more about the potential for life on Mars.It's more likely however that the reveal will pertain to the history of the planet's atmosphere and the processes that lead to it being slowly eroded away over the last few billion years.

There's also a slim chance that we may hear more about the mysterious presence of methane on Mars - a gas that is typically associated with life - although that's probably a bit of a long shot.

Speculation aside - we'll just have to wait and see what happens tomorrow.

Update: Details of the NASA announcement can be found - here.

Source: Business Insider | Comments (47)

Tags: Mars, NASA