A Ph.D. student and his supervisor have developed a simple way to test for active life on Mars and other planets using ...

Scientists have a new way to detect signs of life on Mars through an already-existing instrument called a gas ...

This is because these objects formed “billions of years ago when liquid water still existed on the Red Planet. Water carried ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a complicated affair. Elsewhere in the Solar System, we are looking for microorganisms, and our robotic explorers do not have the ability to do the things that we ...

Currently, only robotic landers, rovers and a helicopter have visited the red planet, but the images regularly beamed back to ...

Searching for life on Mars has been an explicit goal of the astrobiological community for decades. However, they have not ...

When liquid water still existed on Mars, it carried dissolved minerals into rock cracks, NASA said. Once the liquid dried, it left the hardened minerals behind. The "unique shapes" left today were ...

The allure of Mars has long captivated humanity, and recent discoveries have heightened this fascination. Notably, a Mars rover has uncovered a structure resembling a building, igniting debates about ...

Mars, Europa and Enceladus are the three most promising locations in the solar system to search for life living off cosmic ...

The camera moves slowly over a surface that seems deserted and silent. There is no visible life, only dusty terrain stretching as far as the eye can see. Mountains worn down by tim ...

Cosmic rays from deep space might be the secret energy source that allows life to exist underground on Mars and icy moons ...

Donald Trump plans to scrap Nasa's Mars Sample Return mission – stranding test tubes on the Red Planet and ceding potentially ...