Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy in a statement. “The identification of a potential biosignature ...

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

Mars may have been much warmer and wetter billions of years ago than previously thought, according to new findings from ...

NASA's Perseverance rover discovered rocks on Mars, providing new evidence the red planet was once a wet, habitable world that could support life.

The Mars Perseverance rover has been investigating the Jezero Crater and came across something that is not native to Mars at all. It is a meteorite that collided with the red planet. Though various ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More evidence that Mars was once a habitable, wet oasis not dissimilar to Earth has been found in the rocks scattered throughout ...

The key to solving the mystery of the Viking results is the discovery of perchlorate on the Martian surface in 2008.

(WJW) – NASA is reporting new discoveries from Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured video and audio of electrical discharges and tiny sonic booms inside dust devils swirling on the surface of ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has detected long-chain organic molecules, alkanes, in an ancient Martian lake bed. Scientists argue these findings are difficult to explain through non-biological processes ...

Mars isn’t just dusty—it crackles with electricity. Scientists discovered that dust devils can generate tiny electric sparks, captured for the first time by Perseverance’s microphone. These static ...