NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...

For now that remains speculation, but while the presence of long-chain alkanes is not a smoking gun for life on Mars, they could be a big clue. However, Curiosity rover's SAM instruments are ...

March 25 (UPI) --The NASA rover "Curiosity ... life once as present on Mars, one expert suggests the scientific material was the best chance they had to identify remains of any life on the ...

NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS When scientists revisited an old Martian rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover ... remains a real possibility. “If we have long-chain fatty acids on Mars ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has found possible ... chemical and physical processes on Mars that would have been at work in that case. For now, the discovery remains a 1 on the scale of 1 to ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious rock made of hundreds of tiny spheres that resemble spider eggs. Studying ...

Mars, also called the Red Planet, is one of the most familiar planets in our solar system – apart from Earth, of course! Famous for its distinctive colour, Mars has become a hot topic of ...

The rover is part of China’s Mars Mission. It landed on Mars in 2021 and explored the surface for 358 Mars days before switching to inactive mode in 2022. It remains on the planet’s surface to ...

On March 11, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious rock made of hundreds of tiny spheres that resemble spider eggs. Studying its formation could help us look for fossilized remains ...

Despite the damage, including large holes and worn-out surfaces, the rover remains fully operational, continuing to send ...