The quest for extraterrestrial life remains a cornerstone of space exploration. In a groundbreaking revelation, NASA has ...

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Roger Wiens has been a Mars explorer since he was 11 years old. He now leads the SuperCam instrument team on NASA’s Mars ...

Researchers who examined data from Perseverance found that the rocks contained organics that could have been the precursors ...

"The idea was for our payload to get us just up to the potential biosignature designation and have the rest of the story told ...

The Perseverance rover’s new findings set the stage for bringing Martian samples back to Earth to test whether microbes once ...

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine ...

Unusual rocks discovered on Mars contain the most tantalising evidence yet of potential past life on the Red Planet. The ...

After four years of discoveries and explorations on Mars, Nasa ’s Perseverance Rover has found some unusual rocks on the ...

Was there ever life on Mars? Planetary scientists think there could have been but there hasn’t been any direct evidence.

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Last week NASA announced the "clearest sign of life that we've ever found on Mars". Amazing news, or a "crushing blow" for humanity?