The barren red deserts of Mars might not be as lifeless as they seem. A growing number of researchers are pointing to strange ...

Learn why scientists are cautiously optimistic about the potential biosignatures found in the Sapphire Canyon rock sample.

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars may have potentially been ...

NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the ...

Researchers who examined data from Perseverance found that the rocks contained organics that could have been the precursors ...

As the Perseverance rover traversed an ancient river valley in Mars' Jezero Crater back in July 2024, it drilled into the ...

In Jezero Crater’s Bright Angel formation, Perseverance has found rocks rich in organic molecules and minerals linked to ...

Earlier evidence pointing to ancient microbial life on the red planet hasn’t held up.

Scientists have just made a fascinating discovery on Mars: a new mineral called ferric hydroxysulfate. The name is a mouthful, but the implications it brings are exciting. This particular mineral ...

The lumps frozen in Mars' mantle may have been there for billions of years. Astronomers may have figured out where the mysterious blobs embedded in Mars' mantle originated. The mysterious lumps have ...

This animation depicts water disappearing over time in the Martian river valley Neretva Vallis, where NASA’s Perseverance ...

The researchers' findings were based on seismic readings from NASA’s InSight lander on Mars. Scientists were able to identify 8 Martian quakes with strong enough seismic activity that allowed them to ...