The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

In “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire,” Gee examines the many reasons why the human race finds itself in multiple ...

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the ...

SpaceX’s Starship is scheduled to go to Mars late next year with Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus. Elon Musk suggested that ...

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

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

In the next decade, space agencies plan to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth. But what if these rocks contain alien ...

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money.

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 ...

This process challenges traditional methods of life detect... Scientists have identified regions on Mars where conditions might support microbial life beneath the surface. Seasonal methane ...