NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover just found further evidence the Red Planet may have supported life billions of years ago. A ...

Data from NASA’s Perseverance rover confirms the presence of macromolecular carbon on Mars – another potential piece of the ...

In September 2025, NASA announced that its Perseverance rover had discovered a potential biosignature, which is a substance or structure that might have a biological origin. A new paper, published in ...

The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

The sandfish lizard moves very efficiently through the sands of the Sahara desert, and not surprisingly, it doesn't use ...

Legged robot performing analogue tests in Marslabor at the University of Basel. Credit: Dr Tomaso Bontognali. Dr Gabriela Ligeza is a former PhD student from the University of Basel and now a ...