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

One of the studies, led by Dr. Aleksandra Sokołowska of Brown University and Imperial College London, has identified 258 ...

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

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

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

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars may have potentially been ...

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

Researchers who examined data from Perseverance found that the rocks contained organics that could have been the precursors ...

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

The Perseverance Rover has samples of potential ancient life on the planet. The challenge is getting them back to Earth.

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

NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the ...