New research from NASA has found that the dwarf planet Ceres may be another place to look for evidence of primitive life in our solar system.

While Mars today only has a wispy remnant of an atmosphere, it may once have had one hundreds of times thicker with a ...

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

The quest for extraterrestrial life remains a cornerstone of space exploration. In a groundbreaking revelation, NASA has ...

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

Mars’ Jezero Crater holds signs of ancient water and strange mineral reactions, some linked with organic compounds. With ...

Taking a new look at a very old mudstone on Mars, scientists believe they have found a potential biosignature, indicating ...

NASA announced Wednesday that its Perseverance rover discovered what scientists are calling a "potential biosignature" in a rock on Mars last year. This signature, which may have a biological origin ...

A biosignature is any characteristic, element, molecule, substance or feature that serves as evidence for past or present life. It must be something that cannot be produced without life. Some examples ...

After four years of discoveries and explorations on Mars, Nasa ’s Perseverance Rover has found some unusual rocks on the ...

The Perseverance Mars rover collected the “Sapphire Canyon” rock samples in July 2024 from what’s thought to be an ancient ...