NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the ...

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

Mars is no longer just a blank red canvas for planetary scientists. A new generation of high resolution maps is turning the ...

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

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less ...

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.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS Mars' magnetic field may have survived 200 million years longer ...

When it comes to the question of which planet humanity could one day call home, the obvious choice might seem to be Mars. But ...

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 ...

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