Edwin Kite

NASA’s Curiosity rover finds evidence for long-ago CO2 atmosphere on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered minerals that indicate Mars once had a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere capable of supporting liquid water.

Scientists lay out revolutionary method to warm Mars

UChicago, Northwestern study suggests new approach to warm Mars could be 5,000 times more efficient than previous proposals

In surprise discovery, NASA rover finds cracks in ancient Martian mud

Conditions that created the cracks could have been favorable for emergence of microscopic life

Was Venus ever habitable? New UChicago study casts doubt

Research suggests the planet lost its water early on in its history

Why did Mars dry out? New study points to unusual answers

Study led by UChicago scientist deepens mystery about climate of early Mars

There might be many planets with water-rich atmospheres

UChicago study finds way that hot, rocky planets in other systems could form and keep atmospheres

UChicago study illuminates fates of distant planetary atmospheres

Researchers simulate thousands of worlds to see what happens to planets with hydrogen atmospheres