An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has identified mineral and organic patterns inside a Martian rock that the agency now describes as ...

New findings from rocks inside Jezero Crater add to growing evidence that the Red Planet may once have been habitable.

Could Martian mudstones be holding evidence of ancient microbes? New findings strengthen the case that the Red Planet once ...

A pair of stubborn molecules, prized because they can survive deep time, just passed an important Mars test by failing a very different one on Earth. The molecules are pristane and phytane, ...

Yet another Martian rock formation has revealed what may be signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. While these findings ...

Organic compounds found in Mars rocks are too abundant to rule out the possibility of Martian life in the red planet’s history, NASA scientists say. In March of 2025, NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered ...

Evidence for possible life on Mars in the ancient past continues to build, thanks to a recent discovery by NASA’s ...