Perseverance rover data shows Jezero Crater once held a calm lake, leaving behind mudstones rich in organic-linked minerals.

For years, scientists staring at Mars through the eyes of orbiting spacecraft noticed something strange: a mysterious signal ...

NASA recently announced that its Perseverance Mars rover discovered rock material containing potential biosignatures, with ...

It's not the first time there have been claims of signs of life on Mars, so why are scientists particularly thrilled now?

Learn why scientists are cautiously optimistic about the potential biosignatures found in the Sapphire Canyon rock sample.

NASA has found potential signs of life on Mars, the agency said last Wednesday. Although additional scientific study is ...

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

Was there ever life on Mars? Planetary scientists think there could have been but there hasn’t been any direct evidence.

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

But the claim that NASA announced found life on Mars was false. NASA announced it found promising evidence of potential ...

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

The potential “biosignature” isn’t direct evidence of life itself, but rather a leftover sign that textural features on the ...