Scientists have pondered why Mars seemed to be missing sufficient carbonates indicative of its warm, wet past. Now, NASA’s ...

Solubility of gases: Carbon dioxide is a gas that dissolves in water, and its concentration increases with pressure Nucleation sites: Rough surfaces provide sites for gas bubbles to form, so the gas ...

Carbon dioxide is made up of one carbon atom covalently bonded to two oxygen atoms. Although electrons are shared, they are not shared equally between the carbon and the oxygen atoms. The oxygen atom ...

Scientists are eager to find out whether Mars was once capable of supporting life, and according to new Curiosity findings, ...

The carbonates discovered in Gale Crater have partially decomposed, releasing some carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere, ...

In those drill sites, Curiosity detected deposits containing an iron carbonate material called siderite. According to Ben ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected signs of significant amounts of carbon dioxide locked within the Martian crust, ...