Rocks found on Mars may provide the strongest evidence yet of past life on the Red Planet, but more testing is needed to back ...

"The idea was for our payload to get us just up to the potential biosignature designation and have the rest of the story told ...

"When we see features like this in sediment on Earth, these minerals are often the byproduct of microbial metabolisms that ...

Curious-looking rocks found in a riverbed on Mars could hold the best clue yet that life once thrived on the Red Planet.

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and Nicky Fox, head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, discuss the paper published ...

NASA stressed that in-depth analysis of the newly uncovered rocks is needed — ideally in labs on Earth — before reaching any ...

NASA scientists have found more intriguing details on speckled Martian rocks spotted by the Perseverance rover. But bringing ...

Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last found evidence that life did indeed once exist on Mars? Here's what we know.

NASA’s famous Mars rover Perseverance, which landed on the red planet back in 2021, has been quiet for a long time—but now ...

The AP explained that the rover cannot detect life; instead, it gathers samples using a drill, and keeps them in tubes until ...

Mars’ Jezero Crater holds signs of ancient water and strange mineral reactions, some linked with organic compounds. With ...

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine the sample more closely to know for sure ...