In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

Humans have long imagined life on Mars, but what if the red planet actually delivered life to Earth in the first place?

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to ...

In a quiet corner of an ancient riverbed on Mars, a speckled rock has pushed the search for extraterrestrial life into its ...

A breakthrough experiment, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers compelling support for ...

They’re not completely sure. They never are. But this time, they’re pretty sure. Or, at the very least, sure enough to alert the media. Scientists monitoring the Perseverance Mars rover mission have ...

Perseverance rover data shows Jezero Crater once held a calm lake, leaving behind mudstones rich in organic-linked minerals. The presence of iron-phosphate and iron-sulfide nodules suggests processes ...

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ...

The search for life on Mars dates back about five decades, and a Sept. 10 announcement marks perhaps the most dramatic advancement yet. The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ...

The Holocaust happened. George Washington was the first president of the United States. Vaccines do not cause autism. Climate change is real. The earth is round. There is no life on the moon. The 2020 ...

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The potential for sending payloads and people to Mars is therefore becoming plausible in a way that it never has before. Mars ...