Additionally, Mars has unique environmental conditions, which could affect biosignature preservation over geological periods.

Planetary scientists in Algeria and Switzerland have developed a scientific instrument that could help hunt for signs of life ...

"What this study in Algeria really does is it highlights that you can use ... "And chemical methods are just a little more ...

The question of whether life once existed on Mars may be answered by a new laser instrument from the University of Bern. The ...

The team focused on a gypsum quarry in Algeria, which they suggest might parallel potential fossil sites on Mars. Around six million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea almost entirely evaporated ...

"We proved that our instrument is capable of detecting signatures of life in gypsum," he added, suggesting it might help do ...

Scientists found fossil-like traces in gypsum, suggesting ancient microbial life may have existed on Mars billions of years ...

The first life on Earth formed four billion years ago, as microbes living in pools and seas: what if the same thing happened ...

Scientists may finally have a way to detect ancient life on Mars by studying microbial fossils preserved in sulfate minerals.

Scientists are using a laser-based tool to aid future Mars missions in identifying evidence of life on the Red Planet.

Scientist is proud to have led "the first astrobiology study to involve Algeria," and believes that his findings are a major step towards finding evidence of life on Mars. Scientists searching for ...