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

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested on a Wednesday episode of Senator Ted Cruz's podcast that while humans may not find living ...

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

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

There are a couple potential explanations for distinctive markings found on a Martian rock, but new evidence suggests they ...

"We’re a good 15 years away from going to Mars, not five years as Elon Musk alludes to," former NASA astronaut José Hernández ...

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

After over 11 years of exploring the harsh Martian landscape, NASA’s Curiosity Rover is showing visible signs of wear and ...

A new method to detect life in ancient rocks could help analyze Mars samples and determine if life once existed on the red ...

Kaolinite is a soft, earthy, usually white, mineral produced by the chemical weathering of aluminium silicate minerals like ...

Studies on bacteria like Helicobacter pylori suggest that if life exists on Mars, it might resemble resilient microbes found in human stomachs. Scientists cont... Reports from NASA’s Curiosity ...

Within the next decade, space agencies plan to bring samples of rock from Mars to Earth for study. Of concern is the ...