You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your ...

A new study shows how simulated Mars dust affects tardigrades, offering insight into space farming and contamination risks.

Preventing the unintended contamination of extraterrestrial bodies is a key concern for space explorers, and these findings suggest the regolith on Mars is resilient—at least to tardigrade infestation ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover discovered these bumpy, pea-sized nodules while exploring a region filled with boxwork formations—low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy ...

A new NASA analysis concludes that it is "reasonable to hypothesize" that living things could have formed the odd organic molecules discovered on Mars.

NASA's Curiosity rover found organic compounds on Mars that are often produced by living things on Earth. A new study concluded that non-biological processes alone cannot explain the presence of these ...

These compounds are similar to fatty acids, which on Earth are most often produced by living things. A new study concluded that non-biological processes, like meteorites crashing into Mars, alone ...

The curious minds at What If imagine what life was like on Mars 1 billion years ago, exploring ancient water, microbial life, and climate conditions. Spring outlook is here and a shift is coming: How ...

Building a colony on Mars isn’t just about rockets and landing systems. The real challenge begins after arrival — sustaining human life in an environment with lethal radiation, toxic dust, extreme ...

The key to solving the mystery of the Viking results is the discovery of perchlorate on the Martian surface in 2008. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.