In a quiet corner of an ancient riverbed on Mars, a speckled rock has pushed the search for extraterrestrial life into its ...

The quest for extraterrestrial life remains a cornerstone of space exploration. In a groundbreaking revelation, NASA has presented persuasive evidence of ancient life on Mars. Let’s dig deeper into ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Mars Discovery Raises Compelling Questions: Life or Chemistry? Results from NASA’s Perseverance rover reveal organic molecules, unusual minerals, and intriguing rock textures inside Jezero Crater’s ...

The search for life on Mars dates back about five decades, and a Sept. 10 announcement marks perhaps the most dramatic advancement yet. The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ...

Billions of years ago, Mars’ Jezero Crater held a lake fed by rivers that could have carried minerals and maybe even organic matter. On Earth, places like that are teeming with microbial life. NOVA is ...

A mudstone sample from Jezero Crater shows textures and minerals that on Earth often form through microbial activity. Scientists caution that nonbiological processes could also explain the features, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The discovery of life on Mars is a tad closer than ever before. This month, NASA announced the discovery of signs of life on the red planet in deposits of clay and silt in a canyon.

On record 2025 as one of the most amazing years in contemporary astronomy, providing findings that would turn our collective ...

NASA announced it found promising potential biosignatures on Mars. Potential biosignatures are things like chemicals and structures that could be a result of life on the planet, but more research was ...