The tests also revealed that the ditches only develop on dunes with very fine, evenly sized sand grains. Coarser or more jagged material prevents the burrowing motion, which could explain why the ...

Experiments show that biomolecules trapped in pure ice could withstand the harsh radiation of Mars for tens of millions of ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of water on ancient Mars with "rippled textures" and "landslide debris" in the ...

Recent research has unearthed compelling evidence of liquid water beneath the crust of Mars. This groundbreaking discovery opens up thrilling new possibilities for the potential existence of life on ...

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator ...

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found possible signs of ancient life in rocks on Mars, keeping scientists up at night.

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars last year may have potentially been made by ancient life, NASA announced. The team has also published a ...

Researchers who examined data from Perseverance found that the rocks contained organics that could have been the precursors ...

The findings may redefine the known boundaries of life on Earth and offer a model for what microbial life might look like on ...

Over four years since it landed on Mars, NASA's Perseverance Rover might have made serious headway in its mission to find signs of ancient microbial life on the planet. Last July, the autonomous ...