NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...

The recent detection of potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars by NASA’s Perseverance rover has sparked renewed ...

Scientists discovered that baker’s yeast can survive harsh Mars-like conditions, revealing how simple life forms adapt under ...

Mars is an inhospitable desert planet. Billions of years ago, things were different. In Jezero Crater, for example, fed by a ...

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, ...

Recently, NASA announced that the Mars Perseverance rover has found indications that life may have at one time existed on the Red Planet. The announcement did not mark the first time the space agency ...

Researchers recreated Martian conditions in a laboratory using E. coli bacteria and pure water ice. The samples were frozen at minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit and exposed to radiation levels similar to ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover faced a tense situation on Mars when its drill bit became lodged in a layer of rock, delaying its ...

An international team of researchers has published a report on how Mars samples should be handled from a scientific point of ...

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the latest in an endless cycle of tantalizing hints followed by pleas ...

NASA's Viking landers were the first spacecraft to successfully touch down on the surface of Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP Finding life beyond the Earth would be a major scientific discovery with ...