The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI ...

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

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

Thick clay deposits on Mars hint at long-lived lakes that may have sheltered early life - and preserved clues beneath layers ...

As the sun grew hotter, so did Mars, prompting much of its atmospheric carbon dioxide to rain out and ultimately get locked ...

"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure ...

More information: Zengqian Hou et al, In search of signs of life on Mars with China's sample return mission Tianwen-3, Nature Astronomy (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02572-0 ...

Mars may soon welcome explorers seeking ice deposits crucial for human survival. Recent findings suggest significant ice ...

NASA's Curiosity rover finds strange rock formations on Mars. These look like spiderwebs. The rover spots these on Mount ...

The Mars rover found geological formations in Gale Crater showing how water percolated beneath the surface, and ...