A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them ...

Formations that look like jumbo-sized kidney beans (or blobs of chocolate syrup, depending on your palette) may be indicators ...

NASA has revealed two new strategies to bring back rock and dust samples from Mars collected by Perseverance rover. The aim ...

Scientists believe those samples — collected from Jezero Crater, the former site of an ancient lake and river delta — might ...

Researchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over from ancient volcanic ...

For life to exist on Mars, there must be liquid water ... In 2019, Curiosity detected the largest amount of methane ever found on Mars. Two satellites were observing the area simultaneously ...

there will be lots of 'X's marking the spots." Science Photo Library Astrobiologists study extreme environments like salt lakes on Earth to understand how life might survive on Mars The water's ...

If microbes ever lived on Mars, this is the ... associated with microbial life on Earth. It's still uncertain whether this is truly a sign of alien microbes. There could be non-biological ...

Is there life on Mars? Related stories For example ... the HiRISE camera was the most powerful telescope to ever leave Earth's orbit and has since transformed our understanding of the red planet ...

including possibly whether life ever arose there. The first phase of Mars Sample Return is already underway. NASA’s Perseverance rover, which landed on Mars in 2021, has been drilling and ...

Researchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over from ancient volcanic eruptions, and may be protecting signs of life — if there ever was life ...