AUSTIN (KXAN) — The discovery of life on Mars is a tad closer than ever before. This month, NASA announced the discovery of signs of life on the red planet in deposits of clay and silt in a canyon.

Mars Discovery Raises Compelling Questions: Life or Chemistry? Results from NASA’s Perseverance rover reveal organic molecules, unusual minerals, and intriguing rock textures inside Jezero Crater’s ...

Billions of years ago, Mars’ Jezero Crater held a lake fed by rivers that could have carried minerals and maybe even organic matter. On Earth, places like that are teeming with microbial life. NOVA is ...

Space fans are over the moon about a major discovery on Mars - however, they don't know what it is quite yet. There's a lot of speculation after NASA tweeted they'll be telling us on Monday that a ...

China's Zhurong rover, part of the 2021 Tianwen-1 mission, has found the first clear signs of ancient beach deposits under ...

A mudstone sample from Jezero Crater shows textures and minerals that on Earth often form through microbial activity. Scientists caution that nonbiological processes could also explain the features, ...

China’s first Mars rover, Zhurong, has provided groundbreaking insights into the history of water on Mars, showing that ...

Perseverance, the aptly named robot that has been criss-crossing the planet Mars since February 2021, has collected numerous samples along its 30 km route. Assigned to explore an ancient river delta ...

The search for life on Mars dates back about five decades, and a Sept. 10 announcement marks perhaps the most dramatic advancement yet. The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ...

(WJW) – NASA is reporting new discoveries from Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured video and audio of electrical discharges and tiny sonic booms inside dust devils swirling on the surface of ...

Long before Mars became the cold, dry world we see today, rain once fell across its surface. Water gathered in low-lying valleys and river channels ...