Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

New samples collected and analyzed by NASA’s Curiosity rover are pushing researchers closer than ever to finding out if Mars was once truly capable of supporting life. According to a paper ...

Mars rovers make separate finds pointing to past life: What Perseverance, Curiosity found Perseverance and Curiosity rovers, both about the size of a car, have spent years scouring different ...

Nasa may have found evidence of past alien life on Mars. The space agency says that its rover , Perseverance , has found a rock that might once have been host to microbial life, billions of years ago.

NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped its first images of web-like "boxwork" features on the surface of Mars. The zig-zagging ...

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of the chemical building blocks of life. CNN values your feedback 1.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The Perseverance rover is currently on route to Mars, and once it gets there it will ...

Scientists have sought life on Mars since the first spacecraft touched down on its surface in 1976. Mounting evidence from robotic explorers, especially from Curiosity and its twin Perseverance, has ...

NASA's Curiosity rover takes in a desolate view of Mars at Gale crater in 2021. Cold, dry, and barren: Mars doesn't look like it could be a haven for life — at least not the kind humans are ...