These results challenge the assumption that ionizing radiation is an insurmountable barrier to life on Mars and set the stage for further research on the potential for extraterrestrial microbial ...

So, apart from Mars, the search for other forms of life is focused on satellites, especially those orbiting Jupiter and Saturn. Europa and Enceladus – moons of Jupiter and Saturn, respectively ...

These results challenge the assumption that ionising radiation is an insurmountable barrier to life on Mars and set the stage for further research on the potential for extraterrestrial microbial ...

The efforts made by humans to learn as much as possible about Mars are numerous ... to expand what the possible scenarios of microbial life may have been. In short, a surprising discovery that ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has found possible hints of ancient life on Mars― one of the strongest signs yet of Martian life, according to planetary scientists. Dark-rimmed ‘leopard spots ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed on the Red Planet. The U.S. space agency's Perseverance and Curiosity ...

Researchers say these crystals, as well as being evidence of past hydrothermal activity, could contain well-preserved signs of ancient Martian life. Since it arrived on Mars in 2020, NASA’s ...

leaving behind whatever scraps they had in exurban Pennsylvania in search of "Life on Mars." I Want to Live on Mars was inspired by Centralia, a borough and ghost town in Pennsylvania. Its ...

New findings indicate that Mars' past conditions may have supported microbial life. Research draws parallels with extremophiles—microorganisms that thrive in extreme environments on Earth.

The discovery is one of the most significant findings in the search for evidence of past life on Mars. This is because, on Earth at least, relatively complex, long-chain of carbon molecules are ...

Airbus Defence and Space has replaced a Russian corporation in a European project to search for signs of life on Mars. Scientists at it's site in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, will work on the ExoMars ...