China's first Mars rover didn't just make history by landing safely—it uncovered evidence that could change how we understand the Red Planet. From signs of an ancient ocean to mysterious geological ...

New research presented at the COSPAR space conference in Florence points to possible signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, ...

ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover will investigate possible signs of life in Martian clay.

Is there life on Mars?,’ asked David Bowie, and would not stay for an answer. The astrobiologist Steven Benner ...

Without digging or drilling, Perseverance rover turned up a rich trace of complex carbon on the bare face of a Martian rock.

Steven Benner’s Meet The Neighbors is an intriguing tale of misunderstood planetary biochemistry. Paul Marks is engrossed ...

The redemption of Viking: Did the 50-year-old mission to Mars find life or not? How NASA’s 1975 mission to Mars led to decades of scientific controversy and confusion over the existence of life on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The astronauts at Sombra del Monte Elementary School have a plan to make it to Mars. The fifth graders built an inflatable habitat ...

THE footprint of life on Mars may have been plain to see all along in the sulphurous minerals that litter the planet’s surface. What’s more, the next Mars lander should be able to detect the evidence.

On July 20, 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to safely touch down on Mars. Shortly after, it beamed back our first close-up image of the surface—a drab view of pebbles strewn ...