The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin ...

"We haven't found any evidence for life on Mars, but at least we have identified a place that should, in principle, be able to sustain life." Featured Weekly Ad.

If life exists on Mars, scientists may be able to detect it by measuring the amounts of hydrogen and methane in the Red Planet's atmosphere, a new study suggests. IE 11 is not supported.

Since Mars is the closest thing any world of the solar system comes to Earth, we have the best chances of finding the closest analogs to Earth-like life here. And so in our assessment of Mars as a ...

Is there life on Mars? That’s a question that scientists have been trying to answer for decades now, as various spacecraft have wandered the surface of the Red Planet in search of any telltale ...

Researchers suggest new place to look for microbial life on Mars: ice with bits of dust by Alan Boyle on October 17, 2024 at 10:51 am October 17, 2024 at 10:52 am Share 33 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...

On even drier Mars, potential microbial life might be highly vulnerable to sudden exposure to liquid water, and therefore, the use of water in the Viking experiments may have killed any microbes ...

Ten years ago today, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover successfully commenced its mission to explore the possibility of life on mars. Here's what it has discovered.

Early this year, NASA announced that its Perseverance rover had found organic molecules on Mars by shining a laser through samples collected in Jezero Crater, adding to the rover Curiosity's finds ...

Life on the real version of Mars will not be easy. The planet is shockingly cold; it averages -65C. The surface is blasted with dust storms and radiation.

A search for life on Mars— even in the form of microorganisms lying beneath its polar caps or in subterranean hot springs warmed by vents from the Martian core—fuels this quest.

In his 2014 book, "Extreme Medicine: How Exploration Transformed Medicine in the Twentieth Century," Fong goes into great detail on what life on Mars would do to the human body.It really comes ...