Recently, NASA revealed exciting details of new findings from Mars. Scientists have discovered tiny patterns of unusual ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found possible signs of ancient life in rocks on Mars, keeping scientists up at night.

The modern era of Mars exploration provides abundant evidence that at least some of Mars’ surface may once have been a habitable environment for life as we know it — and that parts of the planet’s ...

If it pans out, it may complicate Elon Musk’s dreams of founding a settlement on the fourth planet from the sun.

A mudstone sample from Jezero Crater shows textures and minerals that on Earth often form through microbial activity. Scientists caution that nonbiological processes could also explain the features, ...

When the Perseverance rover landed in Mars’s Jezero crater—a formation that long ago was Jezero lake—in February, 2021 it turned west. West is where the riverbeds, the deltas, the sites of ancient ...

Was there ever life on Mars? Planetary scientists think there could have been but there hasn’t been any direct evidence.

A new study reveals a possible habitable past and evidence of ancient microbial activity on Mars. The research, which was led ...

The search for life on Mars dates back about five decades, and a Sept. 10 announcement marks perhaps the most dramatic advancement yet. The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ...

In June, 2024, Perseverance, a NASA rover sent to collect samples on the surface of Mars, came upon a cluster of rocks in what is thought to be a former riverbed. Most of the rocks were identified as ...

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The Perseverance rover captured this image of a rock nicknamed "Cheyava Falls" on July 18, 2024. Its poppy-seed and leopard-spot markings are visible. Credit - NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS “This finding by ...