Investigating an area of interesting light rock seen from orbit, Curiosity found some particularly weird-looking structures.

Using NASA's Perseverance rover, scientists are getting a greater understanding of the nature of some of the organic carbon — ...

A new Mars Rover image captured by NASA's Curiosity mission has reignited debate over whether unusual formations on the Red ...

The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

Researchers have looked at how particular microbes from Earth would fare in conditions like those of Mars, the moon, and the ...

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow the search for potentially habitable planets beyond Earth.

A new survey of hundreds of astrobiologists reveals that, despite NASA's high-profile declarations about Mars and exoplanet K2-18b, most experts do not yet think alien life has probably been found.

06:45, Tue, May 12, 2026 Updated: 00:53, Wed, May 13, 2026 Extraordinary spiderweb-like structures on the surface of Mars have been photographed in unprecedented detail by NASA's Curiosity rover, with ...

Deep beneath the ice of Antarctica sits a lake that looks less like Earth and more like Mars. NASA scientists expected nothing more than frozen silence. Instead, they found a body of water with oddly ...

NASA's Curiosity rover took this selfie at a site on Mars where it drilled a sample to search for organic molecules in October 2020. Credit: NASA / JPL - Caltech / MSSS Scientists know those ...