Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to ...

For decades, scientists have imagined Martian life as something that might look faintly familiar, perhaps microbes not so ...

Mars is no longer just a story about a single lost ocean or one fleeting window for biology. Taken together, recent rover ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less ...

Scientists have long been interested in the caves of Mars — not just because they could provide a home for future human explorers, but also because they just might harbor evidence of life on the Red ...

Skylights, openings in the surface of Mars that descend down into caves, have been found on Mars, along with signatures for the presence of water ice. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

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

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies the highest priority science objectives for the first human mission to Mars, and says searching ...

Experiments show that biomolecules trapped in pure ice could withstand the harsh radiation of Mars for tens of millions of years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A quick start to life on Earth could mean that life could also emerge quickly on other worlds—either Earth-like planets circling other stars, or perhaps even other planets or moons in our own solar ...