From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Until now, scientists believed that Mars’ skylights – pits in the surface of mars – were formed by volcanic activity. But ...

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to ...

NASA has discovered strong evidence for ancient life on Mars, a potentially groundbreaking finding for humanity. In this ...

The Perseverance rover has been exploring Jezero Crater for years, but it's never found an otherworldly object quite like this one until now.

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the latest in an endless cycle of tantalizing hints followed by pleas ...

SCIENTISTS are set to make a major decision about the search for alien life on Mars as NASA prepares for a critical mission to the Red Planet. NASA will hear from astronomers, researchers and space ...

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...