The barren red deserts of Mars might not be as lifeless as they seem. A growing number of researchers are pointing to strange ...

The odds for life existing on other planets has just skyrocketed after a NASA rover unearthed new evidence on Mars. The odds ...

High-energy particles zipping through the cosmos are harmful to life on Earth, but scientists think it could be food for ...

Potential signs of microbial life were found in a rock sample collected by the rover in 2024 from an ancient dry riverbed on ...

Earlier evidence pointing to ancient microbial life on the red planet hasn’t held up.

Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last found evidence that life did indeed once exist on Mars? Here's what we know.

Viking consisted of two twin orbiters and landers, with experimental chambers in the landers to conduct three biology ...

Detailed analysis of images of speckled rocks found by NASA’s Perseverance rover has found a “potential biosignature.” ...

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine the sample more closely to know for sure ...

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

Over four years since it landed on Mars, NASA's Perseverance Rover might have made serious headway in its mission to find signs of ancient microbial life on the planet.

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient ...