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

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

This process challenges traditional methods of life detect... Scientists have identified regions on Mars where conditions might support microbial life beneath the surface. Seasonal methane ...

We have wondered for centuries whether our neighbouring planet is home to life, just like our own. In the 19th century, the idea of men on Mars took off after astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli ...

Now stationed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Dr Allwood is one of seven scientists tasked with finding evidence of life on Mars via the next Mars Rover, due to be ...