Two samples from Mars together deliver the "smoking gun" in a new study showing the origin of Martian organic material. The study presents solid evidence for a prediction made over a decade ago by ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. SpaceX, and by extension Elon Musk, has been focusing on building a colony on Mars for many years. Over the weekend, Musk took to the social media platform ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has found a diverse menagerie of organic molecules in a Martian crater, a new study reports. Organic compounds are molecules composed of carbon, and often include other ...

NASA has found “organic molecules” on Mars that could signal a breakthrough about “key building blocks for life” on the red planet, according to a new research paper. The out-of-this-world discovery ...

A lichen that grows like powder dusted on a rock. Image by Tigerente – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 NASA’s next phase of space exploration includes a human settlement on Mars. The costs and logistics are ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, researchers think they have a good explanation for a warmer, ...