Life on Mars

The search for life on Mars—and the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans there

After four decades of fly-by probes, orbiters, landers, and rovers, the quest for life on Mars is as tantalizing as ever. NOVA goes behind the scenes of the latest NASA missions to the Red Planet to reveal new clues and challenges on the road to answering this ultimate question.

Trance Formation is the 3rd album by Life On Mars and features special guests: Jamie Glaser, lead guitar player for the Jean Luc Ponty band. Durga Mcbroom, backing vocalist for Pink Floyd. Gilberto Zanellato, world-renowned violinist from Brazil. Life On Mars is: Earl Kayoss, Fernando Perdomo, Durga McBroom and Ruti Celli. "Trance Formation" contains 10 brand new songs from Life On Mars.

The Sky at Night team investigates the ongoing hunt for life on Mars. It is one of the great scientific questions of our time, but are we any closer to finding an answer? As well as uncovering the cause of the recent crash of the Schiaparelli lander, the team looks at the next missions designed to hunt for life on the red planet - from a rover designed to drill deep into the surface, to the orbiter sniffing for signs of methane in the atmosphere. Adam Rutherford joins the team to ask if we have been deliberately avoiding the most likely places to find life on Mars.

What a pleasure to find Eric Le Lann with a large disk, and a group that suits him perfectly! Pianist Paul Lay, not content with being one of the most interesting musicians of his generation, is also an exceptional sideman: it is involved in groups such person, bringing the subtlety of the attendant, the creative fever of the improviser and musical knowledge without ostentation but a confusing evidence. Bassist Sylvain Romano, is a pillar of jazz strict obedience, and he knows to advance music, casually, without apparent brightness, but with irresistible force.

Finding life on Mars would be one of the most important discoveries of all time, making life throughout the universe more likely. Astronomer Bill Hartmann, believes that there may be far more going on beneath the surface of Mars than anyone suspected…

For decades, scientists have dreamed of finding life on Mars. But despite their best efforts, no signs of life have been found. Could that be about to change? This is the story of the scientists and engineers behind Perseverance: the rover that could change our view of Mars forever.