Fifty years ago, scientists recovered samples of potential extraterrestrial life, but may have unintentionally destroyed it ...

A French team of scientists from the Laboratory for Atmospheres and Space Observations discovered the largest organic ...

While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical ...

Far from Earth's hustle and bustle, in a hostile environment dominated by cold and a barely perceptible atmosphere, remnants ...

The molecules may be remnants of fatty acids, which form cell membranes in Earth’s organisms, though they might have formed ...

We can’t say the molecules are the product of life, but the findings indicate if Mars had life billions of years ago, the ...

But Curiosity wasn't the only one with a geological mystery. At the same time, roughly 2,300 miles away on the other side of ...

What drives us to send probes throughout the Solar System and rovers and landers to Mars? It's not cheap, and it's not easy.

Researchers caution that the molecules could be of abiotic or biological origin, and do not represent definitive proof of ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed on the Red Planet. The U.S. space agency's Perseverance and Curiosity ...

The Mars Curiosity rover’s onboard mini-lab has helped confirm the existence of the largest organic molecules ever found on ...

WELCOME to Mars - where the air is too thin to breathe and the surface temperature is too cold for unsheltered life. Yet the Red Planet has the benefit of a 24-hour day - about 37 minutes longer ...