Mars Simulation Laboratory

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Mars seen from Phoenix lander
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Interdisciplinary research

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Geology
  • Physics

Search for answers to questions such as:

  • Could Mars ever have support life?
  • Could life today be present below the surface?
  • Which processes formed the morphology of Mars?
  • What causes the oxidizing state of the surface?
  • Does the atmospheric CO2 pressure vary?
  • How did the dust on Mars become red?

Publications - Mars Simulation Laboratory

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Gunnlaugsson, H. P., Rasmussen, H., Kristjansson, L., Steinthorsson, S., Helgason, O., Nørnberg, P., Madsen, M. B. & Morup, S. (2008). Mossbauer spectroscopy of magnetic minerals in basalt on Earth and Mars. Hyperfine Interactions, 182(1-3), 87-101.
Gunnlaugsson, H. P., Rasmussen, H., Madsen, M. B. & Nørnberg, P. (2009). New analysis of the Mössbauer Spectra of Olivine Basalt rocks from Gusev Crater on Mars. Planetary and Space Science, 57(5-6, Special Issue), 640-645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2008.09.009
Gunnlaugsson, H. P., Höskuldsson, Á., Steinthorsson, S., Óskarsson, , N., Madsen, M. B., Nørnberg, P., Merrison, J. P. & Larsen, G. (2014). Mössbauer spectroscopy of samples from the 2010 Fimmvörðuháls/Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Hyperfine Interactions, 226(1-3), 601-612. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-013-0915-5
Garry, J. R. C., Loes ten Kate, I., Nørnberg, P. & Ehrenfreund, P. (2006). Analysis and survival of amino acids in Martian regolith analogs. Meteoritic & Planetary Science, 41(3), 391-405.
Finster, K., Hansen, A. A., Jensen, L. L., Mikkelsen, K., Kristoffersen, T., Merrison, J. P., Nørnberg, P. & Lomstein, B. A. (2008). The use of complex microbial soil communities in Mars simulation experiments. International Journal of Astrobiology, 7(2), 169-176.
Esposito, F., Collangeli, L., Della Corte, V., Molfese, C., Palumbo, P., Ventura, S., Merrison, J. P., Nørnberg, P., Roddriguez-Gomez, J. F., Lopez-Moreno, J. J., Battiselli, E., Gueli, S., Paolinetti, R. & International MEDUSA Team, T. (2011). MEDUSA: The observation of atmospheric dust and water vapor to the surface of Mars. Mars, 6, 1-12. http://www.marsjournal.org/contents/2011/0001/files/esposito_mars_2011_0001.pdf
Crossfield, G. & Finster, K. (2025). The effects of time-since-activation through saltation and dose on the toxicity of Mars-analogous abraded basalt and the bacterial transcriptomic response. Discover Life, 55(1), Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11084-025-09694-5
Colangeli, L., Lopez-Moreno, J. J., Nørnberg, P., Della Corte, V., Esposito, F., Mazzotta Epifani, E., Merrison, J. P., Molfese, C., Palumbo, P., Rodriguez-Gomez, J. F., Rotundi, A., Visconti, G. & Zarnecki, J. C. (2009). MEDUSA. The ExoMars experiment for in-situ monitoring of dust and water vapour. Planetary and Space Science, 57(8-9, Special Issue), 1043-1049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2008.07.013

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