NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the ...

On a battered rock in an ancient Martian riverbed, a pattern of dark, rounded patches has jolted planetary science. These ...

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered a rock on Mars that may have once hosted microbial life.

In a quiet corner of an ancient riverbed on Mars, a speckled rock has pushed the search for extraterrestrial life into its ...

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ...

The potential for sending payloads and people to Mars is therefore becoming plausible in a way that it never has before. Mars ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

It might be surprising to hear planetary scientist Nina Lanza use the word “disappointing” in the same sentence as “Mars.” After all, the Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher has dedicated her ...

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are positing that Mars’ ultra-thick water ice deposits, which hold dark dust and snow drifts from past ice ages, could be key in discovering some form ...

Humans have long imagined life on Mars, but what if the red planet actually delivered life to Earth in the first place?