When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

"The detection of life on Mars is a persistent top priority for explorers of many disciplines, and it is the top science ...

In June, 2024, Perseverance, a NASA rover sent to collect samples on the surface of Mars, came upon a cluster of rocks in what is thought to be a former riverbed. Most of the rocks were identified as ...

The search for life on Mars dates back about five decades, and a Sept. 10 announcement marks perhaps the most dramatic advancement yet. The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ...

Recent findings from NASA’s Perseverance rover suggest that Mars may have once harbored life. The rover’s exploration of the Jezero Crater has yielded rock samples with intriguing patterns consistent ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that ice on Mars could preserve traces of ancient life for up to 50 million years. This discovery offers new hope for detecting long-lost microbial remnants on the ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered mudstones in Mars’ Jezero Crater that contain organic carbon and unusual textures hinting at possible biosignatures. These findings suggest that ancient ...

Recently, NASA revealed exciting details of new findings from Mars. Scientists have discovered tiny patterns of unusual minerals in the clay-rich rocks on the edge of Jezero Crater—an ancient lake ...

"This is the moment where the metal detector has gone off and you've dug up something shiny. You still need to find out exactly what you've got — but you've got something to work with." Mars hasn't ...

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red planet. By recreating Mars-like conditions in the lab, a team of researchers ...

Lucy Berthoud receives funding from UK Space Agency and UKRI. I have been researching the possibility of living on Mars for several years. But it took an invitation to give a talk about space at HMP ...