When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good idea of where to look.

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your TV screen and wondering: Could something have lived there once? Now, after ...

NASA's Curiosity rover discovered strange mineral nodules on massive spiderweb formations on Mars.

Strange spiderweb-like ridges on Mars may reveal groundwater lasted longer than scientists thought.

What turns an oddly patterned Martian rock into one of the most watched clues in planetary science? For NASA’s Perseverance ...

(NewsNation) — Unusual chemical compounds found on rocks on Mars could be a sign that life once existed on the red planet, though researchers have cautioned that the evidence is far from conclusive.

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy in a statement. “The identification of a potential biosignature ...

NASA's Curiosity rover just found bizarre nodules on giant Martian "spiderwebs." Scientists are puzzled.

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been exploring a curious geological formation made up of ridges up to six feet in height for the last six months.

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

When the Perseverance rover landed in Mars’s Jezero crater—a formation that long ago was Jezero lake—in February, 2021 it turned west. West is where the riverbeds, the deltas, the sites of ancient ...