NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...

A recent press briefing led by NASA’s interim administrator Sean Duffyhighlighted the excitement around a new rock formation ...

The recent detection of potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars by NASA’s Perseverance rover has sparked renewed ...

A group of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has helped discover a new mineral on Mars with implications ...

Mars is an inhospitable desert planet. Billions of years ago, things were different. In Jezero Crater, for example, fed by a ...

The search for life on Mars dates back about five decades, and a Sept. 10 announcement marks perhaps the most dramatic advancement yet. The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The discovery of life on Mars is a tad closer than ever before. This month, NASA announced the discovery of signs of life on the red planet in deposits of clay and silt in a canyon.

A new analysis of chemical signatures measured by NASA's Curiosity Rover gives a peek at Mars's past to a time some 3.7 ...

In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.

A mudstone sample from Jezero Crater shows textures and minerals that on Earth often form through microbial activity. Scientists caution that nonbiological processes could also explain the features, ...