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 have discovered traces of organic molecules on the Red Planet and are not ruling out the possibility that they were produced by living organisms.

For decades, scientists have imagined Martian life as something that might look faintly familiar, perhaps microbes not so different from those that once thrived in Earth’s ancient seas. A new wave of ...

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

Mars, once a much wetter and more dynamic planet, is now a dry and inhospitable desert. The mystery of how the red planet lost its water has fascinated scientists for decades. A groundbreaking study ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...