Scientists analyzed a sample, which likely contained fatty acids, that transformed into alkanes during the heating process ...

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

The longest organic molecules identified to date on Mars have recently been detected by scientists from the CNRS, together ...

We can’t say the molecules are the product of life, but the findings indicate if Mars had life billions of years ago, the ...

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

From its perch in the foothills of the 3.4-mile-high mountain, you can see over an expanse of plains, called Aeolis Palus, ...

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...

This finding challenges our current understanding of Mars as a perpetually cold, dry world. The team found more than 4,000 of these white rocks and pebbles scattered across the Martian surface.

We have outlined the design and future deployment of a biomanufactory to support human surface operations during a 500 days manned Mars mission. We extended previous stand-alone biological elements ...

Professor Roger Wiens of Indiana's Purdue University said his team found over 4,000 small white pebbles and large rocks from Mars' surface. He told Newsweek: "We have known for a long time that ...

NASA's Perseverance rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2021, fired its laser at some oddly pale rocks on the surface of the Red Planet—and found evidence that Mars may have once been warm, wet ...

"We found evidence for wind, waves, no shortage of sand—a proper, vacation-style beach," said geologist Benjamin Cardenas.