NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered evidence that the Red Planet had its own version of Earth’s carbon cycle ... and the right chemical conditions. These are all essential ingredients for a ...

That water interacted with volcanic rocks, setting off a chain of chemical reactions ... Its presence points to a carbon cycle – carbon dioxide moved from the air, into the water, and then into rock.

This, in turn, was the first evidence we’ve found of the ancient Martian carbon cycle. “Now we have evidence that confirms the models,” Tutolo claims. The carbon from the atmosphere was ...

The finding is the first evidence of a carbon cycle on the Red Planet, but also suggests that Mars lost its life-friendly climate because that carbon cycle was slow, researchers report in the ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has found evidence of a carbon cycle on ancient Mars, bringing scientists closer to an answer on whether the planet was ever capable of supporting life. Planetary researchers ...

Hydrates, Flow Assurance & Phase Equilibria Research Group, Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K.