The ongoing search for signs of past life on planet Mars is yet to deliver conclusive proof that the neighboring world was once alive, but from time to time our pulse accelerates with news of some ...

If there’s ever been life on Mars, she could be the one to find it. To discover the earliest signs of life on Earth, astrobiologist Abigail Allwood trekked to an isolated Australian desert.

As far as anyone knows, there’s no life currently sticking it out ... as living organisms like certain species of mushrooms. But why does Mars have such molecules? That’s what scientists ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected the largest organic molecules ever found on Mars, making a big breakthrough in the search ...

A related study suggests that similar deposits, which were left behind from ancient lakes, may be a good place to look for signs of former life on Mars. Researchers have found microbes thriving 13 ...

Planetary scientists in Algeria and Switzerland have developed a scientific instrument that could help hunt for signs of life on Mars. Used to locate microbial fossils in gypsum deposits here on ...

The molecules date to about the same time as the earliest-known signs of life on our planet. Curiosity has roved Mars for years, revealing new details of the planet’s ancient environment.

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 ...