What new Mars discoveries say about the possibility of ancient life

These findings do not confirm past life but indicate Mars once had the right chemistry to support it. We're getting closer ...

Could an Earthly Fungus Contaminate Mars? NASA May Have Found One Hardy Enough.

Researchers identified a species that can survive radiation, extreme heat and simulated Martian soil, posing a new challenge ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots Strange Fish-Scale Patterns on Mars

While scouring a 50-million-year-old crater on Mars, the Curiosity rover stumbled upon a polygon-shaped pattern that sort of ...

Did NASA's Curiosity rover find signs of ancient life on Mars? An astrobiologist explains how we determine 'life'

NASA's Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in ...
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A Mars Rover Found Building Blocks of Life Never Seen on the Red Planet Before, Boosting the Case for Ancient Habitability

The organic molecules discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover could have been formed by life, but they could have also come from ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Can a Japanese Spacecraft Unlock the Mystery of Mars’ Twin Moons?

The Mars Moons eXploration spacecraft will fire its thrusters to maneuver into orbit around Mars (depicted in this digital ...
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Ancient volcanic ash seen blowing across Mars in new spacecraft images

New images from the Mars Express spacecraft show ancient volcanic ash spreading across the Red Planet.
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NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers unprecedented evidence of water and life on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery inGale Crater on Mars, uncovering the highest concentrations of ...