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

Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, again raising the possibility of microbial life.

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

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

This isn’t any conspiracy theory or pseudoscience ... “The question is: ‘Why don’t we have similar life on Mars? What happened?’” Liu said. “Maybe there was once life on Mars ...

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for signs of life and evidence of Mars’ watery history. Now ...

Scientists may finally have a way to detect ancient life on Mars by studying microbial fossils preserved in sulfate minerals. Gypsum deposits on Mars may be hiding evidence of past microbial life — ...

The space scientists in their paper explain that the perchlorate model and the resultant conclusion that Viking did not detect life in the surface soils of Mars will factor into any discussion of ...

New findings indicate that Mars' past conditions may have supported microbial life. Research draws parallels with extremophiles—microorganisms that thrive in extreme environments on Earth.

At this point it’s clear that Mars was once a very, very wet world, but whether that liquid water supported any life on the planet’s surface is something we still don’t know. Future missions ...

We often forget how wonderful it is that life exists ... Right now, Mars is a reddish desert landscape—attractive but dead, and certainly not home to any little green men.

We often forget how wonderful it is that life exists ... Right now, Mars is a reddish desert landscape – attractive but dead, and certainly not home to any little green men.