NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered high-purity quartz crystals on Mars, a discovery that could reshape the search for ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

A rock on Mars that may hold clues about ancient microbial life on the Red Planet continues to puzzle scientists.

The redness of Mars has made the planet one of the most recognizable in the solar system with its hue serving as a topic of ...

A new study claims that a mineral found in Mars' dust called ferrihydrite, which forms in the presence of cool water, is ...

"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life." Today, Mars is a chilly desert of rock and dust — but 4 billion years ago, the planet had rivers, lakes and even oceans with ...

it could answer questions about the existence of past life. “What we want to understand is the ancient Martian climate, the chemical processes on Mars—not only ancient—but also present ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals that Mars is red for very much the same reason it may have once been home to life — namely, that it was a wet planet. This is in line with ...

These warm, wet conditions suitable for life possibly spanned tens of millions of years on Mars, presenting ample time for shorelines to shift while fostering the development of organisms.

So, apart from Mars, the search for other forms of life is focused on satellites, especially those orbiting Jupiter and Saturn. Looking further afield, more than 5,500 planets have been detected ...

"Scientists who study the origin of life really do think that one ... While the new research helps to confirm Mars had a surface ocean in its past, it also prompts new questions — namely ...