The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered high-purity quartz crystals on Mars, a discovery that could reshape the search for ...

The multi-faceted band's new tune " Try Not to Die " played a few songs into the set, poetically employing Carl Sagan's ...

So, apart from Mars, the search for other forms of life is focused on satellites, especially those orbiting Jupiter and Saturn. Europa and Enceladus – moons of Jupiter and Saturn, respectively ...

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

A new method to detect life in ancient rocks could help analyze Mars samples and determine if life once existed on the red ...

Scientists may finally have a way to detect ancient life on Mars by studying microbial fossils preserved in sulfate minerals.

We often forget how wonderful it is that life exists, and what a special and unique phenomenon it is. As far as we know, ours ...

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money.

The redness of Mars has made the planet one of the most recognizable in the solar system with its hue serving as a topic of ...