The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

Their discovery showed that even tucked away in our innards – in the walls of our stomachs, subjected to vinegar-like pH ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

It [was] obvious these people were dying for some reason, but they were humans. They were just twice our size.' ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered high-purity quartz crystals on Mars, a discovery that could reshape the search for ...

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money.

A new method to detect life in ancient rocks could help analyze Mars samples and determine if life once existed on the red ...

"We found evidence for wind, waves, no shortage of sand—a proper, vacation-style beach," said geologist Benjamin Cardenas.

Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that ...

So, apart from Mars, the search for other forms of life is focused on satellites ... “the universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.” ...