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 ...

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

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

NASA says they've discovered the clearest evidence of potential life on Mars to date, but as history shows, finding actual ...

Frozen deep beneath the Martian surface, traces of ancient life could have survived undisturbed for tens of millions of years ...

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

"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 ...

The first image of the Keyhole structure was acquired by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) HiRISE spacecraft in November with its smaller context camera (CTX). The image P14_006672_1836_XN_03N267W ...

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