NASA scientists say a rock sample collected by the Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater may contain the strongest signs yet of ...

"The results reported here can be crucial when down-selecting which samples, if not all, are returned to Earth." ...

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine ...

In fairness to the Perseverance rover, this is exactly what it was built for. Nicknamed Percy, the machine was sent to Jezero ...

The rover carries a drill to penetrate rocks and tubes to hold the samples gathered from places judged most suitable for ...

Earlier evidence pointing to ancient microbial life on the red planet hasn’t held up.

Was there ever life on Mars? Planetary scientists think there could have been but there hasn’t been any direct evidence.

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator ...

Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last found evidence that life did indeed once exist on Mars? Here's what we know.

Martian mudstones contain features that NASA says are the "clearest sign of life" yet on Mars, according to new findings from ...

Potential signs of microbial life were found in a rock sample collected by the rover in 2024 from an ancient dry riverbed on ...

This animation depicts water disappearing over time in the Martian river valley Neretva Vallis, where NASA’s Perseverance ...