Articles about Atmospheric Science

Fictitious Mars reviewed by researchers

2017-06-01 Lectures on Mars’ history, microbes on Mars and the constant search for life on Mars, closed the Mars Week at Luleå University of Technolgy. Also, there was a thrilling disclosure: Matt Damon couldn’t...

World leading Mars scientists in Luleå

2017-05-29 This week, leading Mars scientists from all over the world gather in Luleå. They are all members of the HABIT science team led by Luleå University of Technology’s professors Javier Martín-Torres and M...

Luleå researchers appoints landing site on Mars

2017-04-07 Scientific experts have identified two possible locations on Mars for the landing site of the ExoMars2020 expedition, where the mission is to find life on the red planet. Luleå University of Technolog...

Snow temperature can predict earthquakes

2016-12-05 Anomalies observed in the surface temperature of snow-covered areas could be a reliable reference to predict earthquakes. According to research at Luleå University of Technology, an abnormally higher ...

Why are the space engineers so happy ?

2016-11-17 The question was asked by Javier Martin-Torres, Chair Professor in Atmospheric Science at Luleå University of Technology, when he had just shown a video to the audience, taken four years ago at the Je...

Prestigious research investment to the Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineer

2016-11-14 Three research subjects at the Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, get a part of a vigorous research investment initiated by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Thi...

New findings on the eye's evolution

2016-11-03 New research from Luleå University of Technology published in Scientific Reports, brings new light on the evolution of the human vision. – We suggest that the evolution of human vision was forced by a...

Successful insertion into Mars orbit

2016-10-20 Wednesday night, exciting attempts were made by the European Space Agency, ESA to make the first successful European landing of a spacecraft on Mars ever. The mission had another important task beside...

Prestige final for space experiment

2016-09-20 A team from Luleå University of Technology is invited to present a pre-selected experiment to be carried out within the ESA’s Fly Your Thesis! Program, an annual Parabolic Flight Campaign which offers...

Life on Mars sought in India

2016-07-29 Three members of the research group in Atmospheric Science are now leaving for Ladakh, India, to test a prototype of HABIT, the instrument selected as part of the payload on board the ExoMars 2020 mis...

In the media: The hunt for habitable places in space

2016-04-29 Maria-Paz Zorzano and Javier Martín-Torres, both professors of atmospheric science, are interviewed in Vetandets värld about the HABIT instrument, the instrument that will eventually land on Mars.

India first stop on the way to Mars

2016-04-18 A prototype of the instrument HABIT that will be sent to Mars in 2020, will be tested during a NASA expedition to a Martian like environment in northern India. – It is a very prestigious expedition. A...

Swedish Mars instrument selected by ESA

2015-12-02 HABIT is the name of the first Swedish instrument to be placed on the surface of Mars. It was developed by an international research team led by Professor Javier Martín-Torres and Professor María-Paz ...

New membership will bring new opportunities

2015-11-24 Luleå University of Technology has been accepted as member of the Nordic Network of Astrobiology. – This strengthens our bonds with other well-known institutions and helps us finding research partners...

Lulea research is confirmed by NASA's discovery

2015-09-30 Professor Javier Martin-Torres led the group of scientists, that in spring 2015, for the first time found evidences for liquid water conditions on Mars. Now Nasa has moved one step further in the sear...

Researchers hesitant to life on Mars

2015-04-13 A very important discovery has been made on the planet Mars. Brines that evaporates during the night proves that there is a water cycle on Mars. The spectacular findings are published in Nature Geosci...

Scientists find fixed nitrogen in Martian sediments

2015-03-24 Javier Martín-Torres, Professor of Atmospheric Science at Luleå University of Technology, is one of several researchers who has found fixed forms of nitrogen in Mars. The research findings are now bee...

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
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