A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

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

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

In fairness to the Perseverance rover, this is exactly what it was built for. Nicknamed Percy, the machine was sent to Jezero ...

Using data from the Mars Perseverance rover, scientists say they’ve found the best evidence yet of ancient life on Mars.

Who hasn't looked into the sky and wondered if there's life out there, somewhere, looking back at us? Is it possible there's ...

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine ...

Scientists stressed that in-depth analysis is needed of the sample gathered by the Perseverance rover before reaching any ...

Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last found evidence that life did indeed once exist on Mars? Here's what we know.

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator ...

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said this finding was "the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars".

From SpaceX Mars missions to NASA's breakthrough technology, scientists predict permanent human settlements on Mars by 2100.