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 ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

A strange rock on Mars is raising new questions about the possibility of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. According ...

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

In “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire,” Gee examines the many reasons why the human race finds itself in multiple ...

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

In the next decade, space agencies plan to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth. But what if these rocks contain alien ...

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

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.

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 ...