Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed ...

A field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most highly anticipated in science. Its outputs range from golden ...

“Ancient life, if it happened on Mars, it would have released some complex and fragile molecules,” said lead study author Dr. Caroline Freissinet, research scientist at the French National ...

Curiosity has roved Mars for years, revealing new details of the planet’s ancient environment. Key to that environment is carbon, an element that is both vital to life and useful for bonding ...

that hardened and trapped ancient bacteria as fossils within their layers. Much of the ancient water on Mars likely also evaporated, leaving behind deposits of sulfates. If microbial life ever ...

A science experiment aboard NASA's Curiosity rover has found tantalizing traces of possible past life on Mars. But there ...

It ups the ante in terms of the ancient climate of Mars, suggesting that it had to be quite warm, at least for some extended time periods." A stock image of Rover on Mars surface. Elements of this ...

But hold off on grabbing the sun lotion, because there's a catch—it's on ancient Mars. Analyzing data collected by China's Zhurong Mars Rover, an international team of researchers have detected ...

Scientists have developed a new method to detect ancient microbial life in Martian gypsum, potentially guiding future Mars exploration ... to be sulfur-oxidizing bacteria like Beggiatoa.