The potential for sending payloads and people to Mars is therefore becoming plausible in a way that it never has before. Mars ...

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

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

Life on Earth might not be as Earthly as we think. A recent research published in The Conversation explores a revived and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered a rock on Mars that may have once hosted microbial life.

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are positing that Mars’ ultra-thick water ice deposits, which hold dark dust and snow drifts from past ice ages, could be key in discovering some form ...

It might be surprising to hear planetary scientist Nina Lanza use the word “disappointing” in the same sentence as “Mars.” After all, the Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher has dedicated her ...

Humans have long imagined life on Mars, but what if the red planet actually delivered life to Earth in the first place?

A former chief historian of NASA reflects on the history and future of Mars exploration Roger D. Launius The original 'Face on Mars' image taken by NASA's Viking 1 orbiter that resembled a human face ...

Illustration of the planet Mars covered in water in the past, when its atmosphere was thicker and warmer. Now scientists may have found an unground reservoir. Is there water on Mars? Scientists using ...