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

Fantasizing about life on Mars is more escapism than solution; this article breaks down the real reasons we should stop looking to the stars and start fixing what’s right here on Earth.

Humanity is far from colonizing Mars, but that’s not stopping a group of space enthusiasts from practicing anyway. CNBC ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

Rovers sent to Mars have so far failed to detect life, likely because it doesn’t exist on the Red Planet. But we can’t say for certain, so the search must continue, using ever-evolving ...

Scientists have identified a region on Mars that could support living organisms, potentially bringing us a step closer to discovering life there. The findings could settle an “intense debate ...

What life on Mars would probably look like – and it’s not little green men Scientists have not given up hope of finding life, María Rosa Pino Otín writes Wednesday 19 February 2025 10:16 GMT ...

He’s been working at the National Air and Space Museum’s Center for Earth and Planetary Studies for 23 years, and he’s been hunting for ancient life on Mars even longer than that. Probes in orbit ...

Life on Mars could survive — so long as you're one of these strange, hybrid lifeforms. ... Studying its formation could help us look for fossilized remains of microbial life on Mars.

Here's what they might reveal about the origins of life in our universe—if we can get them back to Earth. SCIENCE These Mars rocks could finally give us an answer.