A strange rock on Mars is raising new questions about the possibility of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. According ...

Their discovery showed that even tucked away in our innards – in the walls of our stomachs, subjected to vinegar-like pH ...

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

Scientists have developed a new method to detect ancient microbial life in Martian gypsum, potentially guiding future Mars ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

The most significant change since those 1970's experiments were conducted was the discovery of high levels of perchlorate on Mars. Perchlorate, plus abiotic oxidants, explains the Viking results and ...

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

life can’t exist without water. By studying Mars’ present, scientists uncover clues to its — and Earth’s — past, as well as insight into where to look for hints of life in the future. Purdue ...

Mars retrograde has caused chaos since it began in March 2024, but now that it's over, here's what each zodiac sign has to look forward to.

As far as we know, ours is the only planet capable of supporting life, and it seems to have arisen in the form of something like today’s single-celled prokaryotic organisms. Right now ...

However, scientists have not given up hope of finding what they call LUCA ... So, apart from Mars, the search for other forms of life is focused on satellites, especially those orbiting Jupiter ...

However, scientists have not given up hope of finding what they call LUCA ... So, apart from Mars, the search for other forms of life is focused on satellites, especially those orbiting Jupiter ...