From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

The Perseverance rover has been exploring Jezero Crater for years, but it's never found an otherworldly object quite like ...

Until now, scientists believed that Mars’ skylights – pits in the surface of mars – were formed by volcanic activity. But ...

Fresh orbital images and new geological analysis have revealed eight mysterious caves on Mars that appear unusually well suited to protect traces of life. Together, these caverns, portals and ...

American space agency NASA said the Perseverance rover is good to go on Mars until at least 2031, both hardware and software ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

Chinese scientists have identified eight potential karst caves on Mars, formed by water, marking a significant breakthrough in astrobiology.

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Are aliens real? A Nature Astronomy study reveals 87% of experts believe life exists. Explore how 3I/ATLAS and AI are ...

Scientists will gather today to debate where NASA should next land on Mars, as the American space agency prepares a new mission in its search for life on the Red Planet. The debate comes as NASA is ...

One researcher hypothesizes that experiments carried out by NASA's Viking landers in 1976 could have inadvertently killed microbes living in Martian rocks. Other experts are skeptical. When you ...

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