Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars last year may have potentially been made by ancient life, NASA announced Wednesday.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered one of the most promising clues yet that Mars may once have supported microbial life.

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

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine the sample more closely to know for sure ...

Research led by NASA suggests a habitable past on Mars based on the discovery of minerals in Martian rocks associated with ...

Scientists stressed that in-depth analysis is needed of the sample gathered by the Perseverance rover before reaching any ...

The discovery by the six-wheeled rover in Jezero Crater represents one of the best pieces of evidence to date about the ...

Jezero Crater on Mars was once home to a lake, delta and rivers. See an animation of what it could have looked like when ...

Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last found evidence that life did indeed once exist on Mars? Here's what we know.

Perseverance found iron-rich minerals in Jezero Crater rocks, hinting at ancient life, though confirmation awaits Mars Sample Return missions.