A NASA study shows bacteria fragments can survive 50 million years in Martian ice. Pure ice, not rock, could hold clues to ...

Mars’ north polar vortex locks its atmosphere in extreme cold and darkness, freezing out water vapor and triggering a ...

Experiments show that biomolecules trapped in pure ice could withstand the harsh radiation of Mars for tens of millions of ...

New research shows ancient Martian rivers once flowed into a vast northern ocean, strengthening the case for a once-habitable ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that ancient marine organisms may have used giant magnetofossils—massive magnetic ...

"We have found a habitable environment," said John Grotzinger, project scientist for the Curiosity mission. "The water that was here was so benign and supportive of life that if a ...

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars last year may have potentially been made by ancient life, NASA announced. The team has also published a ...

One of the studies, led by Dr. Aleksandra Sokołowska of Brown University and Imperial College London, has identified 258 ...

Was there ever life on Mars? Planetary scientists think there could have been but there hasn’t been any direct evidence. After years of roaming... NASA just dropped the most convincing evidence for ...

A failing Chinese restaurant on a crusty space station orbiting Mars is an unlikely setting to chase one's dreams, even in a ...