Fifty years ago, scientists recovered samples of potential extraterrestrial life, but may have unintentionally destroyed it ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...

But Curiosity wasn't the only one with a geological mystery. At the same time, roughly 2,300 miles away on the other side of ...

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of ...

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that certain lichen species can survive Mars-like conditions, including ...

The Perseverance rover has found some intriguing samples on the red planet. Here's what they might reveal about the origins ...

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...

The molecules, while not a direct sign of life, still signal the existence of complex chemistry on the Red Planet.

NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced ...

For more than a decade, a robotic explorer has been traveling across Mars, quietly collecting clues about a time when the Red ...