Yet another tantalizing clue. The post NASA Running Out of Non-Life Explanations for What Its Rover Found on Mars appeared ...

NASA's Curiosity rover, which launched in 2011 from Florida, found signs of organic material that on Earth is most often ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has assembled a string of chemical evidence from ancient Martian rocks that, taken together, builds the strongest circumstantial case yet for conditions that could have ...

A year ago, NASA announced that its Mars rover Curiosity had discovered long-chain organic compounds. Their quantity suggests ...

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.

The key to solving the mystery of the Viking results is the discovery of perchlorate on the Martian surface in 2008.

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 ...

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy in a statement. “The identification of a potential biosignature ...

We might be looking for life on Mars in the wrong place, scientists suggest. Extraterrestrial life is more likely to be lurking in Mars' ice than on its rocky surface, according to a new paper in the ...

A former chief historian of NASA reflects on the history and future of Mars exploration Roger D. Launius The original 'Face on Mars' image taken by NASA's Viking 1 orbiter that resembled a human face ...