Could Martian mudstones be holding evidence of ancient microbes? New findings strengthen the case that the Red Planet once ...

NASA's Perseverance rover snaps a selfie with the "Cheyava Falls" rock that has inspired discussions about potential life ...

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

In September 2025, NASA announced that its Perseverance rover had discovered a potential biosignature, which is a substance or structure that might have a biological origin. A new paper, published in ...

Perseverance identifies organic carbon molecules in rocks on riverbed that carried water billions of years ago ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered complex organic carbon in Martian rocks, giving scientists another ...

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has finally summitted the steep Martian crater where it landed more than three years ago to begin the next leg of its journey exploring the Red Planet. The arduous climb, ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover is living up to its name as its total distance traveled approaches the length of a marathon. Over the past five years, this intrepid explorer has traversed more than 26.05 ...

NASA's Perseverance rover captured this pre-dawn view of Mars' moon Deimos hanging over a dimly-lit Martian vista. Unlike Earth's moon, which is roughly one-fourth the planet's size, Deimos is less ...

Human colonization may still be a way off, but NASA has been exploring Mars with a series of ever-larger mobile science labs.