NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months exploring the site to investigate if they are a clue to the presence of water.

Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...

Future missions to Mars may want to dig into ice rather than rock. Scientists say ancient microbes, or traces of them, could be locked inside Martian ...

NASA finds carbon molecules in ancient Martian lake, and scientists admit it is difficult to explain them without life.

Yet another tantalizing clue. The post NASA Running Out of Non-Life Explanations for What Its Rover Found on Mars appeared ...

A new study of carbon-based molecules in a Martian rock offers new hints about the possibility that the red planet once ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover investigates boxwork rock formations on Mount Sharp to gather evidence of ancient groundwater on Mars.

Mars is a barren land, but many scientists believe it had warm and wet periods in its ancient past. The research, performed by geologists at the University of Colorado in Boulder, argues that our ...

Scientists have discovered the perfect vacation spot: it's sun-soaked, has sandy beaches, sports gentle waves lapping rhythmically on the shore. But hold off on grabbing the sun lotion, because ...

Mars had a vast ocean with ancient beaches, suggests data from China's Zhurong rover. (artist's Impression of a rover on the surface of Mars). Mars was once home to a vast ocean, complete with sandy ...

Elisabeth M. Hausrath receives funding from NASA, including from the MSL Curiosity rover Participating Scientist Program and the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Mars, one of our closest planetary ...

The existence of life for a prolonged period is the possibility that is driving this deep exploration mission on Mars. What ...