For decades, the search for life on Mars has been a story of hints and maybes, of chemical curiosities that stopped just ...

When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned its samples from the asteroid Bennu in late 2023, it revealed a surprising find: molecules associated with life, like amino acids and nucleobases, were present ...

Despite being one of the most promising places to explore for signs of life, "special regions" and "uncertain regions" may be best left alone.

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

New laboratory studies could shed light on a rock containing potential signs of alien life that’s stranded on Mars ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since the moment humans first walked on the Moon, the idea of expanding civilizati ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

NASA's Perseverance robot, depicted here landing on the Martian dunes, used its cutting-edge cameras to image what could be the first evidence of life ever detected on Mars, opening the possibility ...

The first global atlas of Martian watersheds reveals 16 huge ancient river systems that once shaped Mars and may hold clues ...

A consortium of American scientists and engineers filed a report that stridently makes the case for putting boots down on ...