Strange 'leopard spot' markings have been found on a 3.5 billion year-old Martian rock with NASA saying they could be the ...

To be clear, NASA relies on the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)’s planetary protection policy as the main way it demonstrates compliance with Outer Space Treaty (OST) planetary protection ...

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

We’re often the first humans to put eyes on those images. We tell Perseverance to reach out, and grind rocks, take pictures, ...

A professor at Birkbeck University has analysed a rock which contains the best evidence yet of Martian life. Dr Keyron ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has recently sparked a renewed fascination in the exploration of Mars, following intriguing findings that suggest the possibility of ancient life on the Red Planet. The rover ...

NASA’s other rover, Perseverance, landed in the Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021, to search for signs of ancient life and collect rock samples for a future return to Earth.

"The results reported here can be crucial when down-selecting which samples, if not all, are returned to Earth." ...

Mars may have released sulfur gases that trapped heat, shaped the climate, and created conditions for ancient life.

One of the studies, led by Dr. Aleksandra Sokołowska of Brown University and Imperial College London, has identified 258 ...

Since February 2021, the Mars rover, Perseverance , has been exploring an area of Mars called the Jezero Crater which is most ...

The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. The discovery represents ...