The Perseverance rover’s new findings set the stage for bringing Martian samples back to Earth to test whether microbes once ...

What can sulfur stones and mysterious patterns on Mars teach us about past liquid water life and the potential for ancient life on the Red Planet? This is what NASA’s Curiosity rover hopes to address ...

Collected last summer, the sample is from reddish, clay-rich mudstones in Neretva Vallis, a river channel that once carried ...

Jezero Crater has become one of the most exciting places in the search for signs of past life on Mars. Since landing in 2021, ...

The AP explained that the rover cannot detect life; instead, it gathers samples using a drill, and keeps them in tubes until ...

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A new study co-authored by Texas A&M University geologist Dr. Michael Tice has revealed potential chemical signatures of ancient Martian microbial ...

The Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks that may hold signs of ancient life on the planet. Scientists say the ...

Learn about the discovery of potential biosignatures within sedimentary rocks on Mars, which may represent signs of ancient ...

A six-wheeled geologist named Perseverance may have just found the first extraterrestrial life form. A year ago, the rover ...