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

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

Natural geologic processes at Mars' Oxia Planum may improve the Rosalind Franklin rover's chances of detecting organic ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars — evidence that the Red Planet may have hosted habitable environments multiple times throughout its history. In the Jezero Crater, ...

The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of the specimen collected ...