For decades, the search for life on Mars has been a story of hints and maybes, of chemical curiosities that stopped just ...

New laboratory studies could shed light on a rock containing potential signs of alien life that’s stranded on Mars ...

Despite being one of the most promising places to explore for signs of life, "special regions" and "uncertain regions" may be ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

"The detection of life on Mars is a persistent top priority for explorers of many disciplines, and it is the top science ...

The report’s authors outline 11 science priorities for future crewed missions to Mars, ranging from searching for resources ...

A new study released by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has set the stage for future human ...

New research reveals that ancient Mars once hosted vast river drainage systems comparable in scale to some of Earth’s major ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

The three astronauts on the mission to be the first humans on Mars don’t even get to the surface before the trouble starts. They enter the Martian atmosphere wrong, half crash-land in a spot not quite ...

A consortium of American scientists and engineers filed a report that stridently makes the case for putting boots down on ...