We often forget how wonderful it is that life exists, and what a special and unique phenomenon it is. As far as we know, ours ...

The car-sized Curiosity rover has spotted evidence of once quite hospitable environs on Mars.

Perseverance Rover Analyzes Serpentine Lake Rock on Mars Serpentine Minerals Found in Rock Point to Ancient Water Presence ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has collected a unique rock sample named 'Silver Mountain' from Mars' Jezero Crater, marking a significant milestone. This s ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

NASA's Perseverance collects the “Silver Mountain” sample in Jezero, revealing geological secrets and possible traces of ...

The area containing the clay-bearing mounds is geologically connected to Oxia Planum, which is where Rosalind Franklin will be headed when it launches in 2028 in search of past life on Mars.

The rover's 26th sample, known as "Silver Mountain," has textures "unlike anything we've seen before," NASA says.

Mars Likely Had Cold and Icy Past, New Study Finds July 10, 2024 — The question of whether Mars ever supported life has captivated the imagination of scientists and the public for decades.

But these hot and cold spells may have been detrimental to life if it existed on the Red Planet. Mars may be a dry and ... like our planet in its ancient past. These new findings from a team ...

And Mars, in particular, is quite similar to Earth in lots of ways. If there was past life on Mars, we might be able to see signatures of it." The mission also serves as a de facto scouting ...

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return from Mars. We checked in with the UNLV astrobiologist leading the specimen ...