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

The NASA Curiosity rover has detected the largest organic molecules found to date on Mars, opening a window into the red planet’s past. The newly detected compounds suggest complex organic chemistry ...

Scientists believe the geology of Mars may hold valuable clues about past ancient life, and so the robotic vehicles, controlled remotely from Earth, have slowly navigated the rocky terrain to ...

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...

The molecules cannot currently be confirmed as evidence of past life on the red planet, but they add to the growing list of compounds that robotic explorers have discovered on Mars in recent years.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet.

NASA’s Perseverance and Curiosity rovers reveal signs of ancient life on Mars, including organic molecules and a mysterious ...

While molecules don't exactly prove the existence of past life on Mars, scientists say that they show that such a discovery might indeed be possible. "Our study proves that, even today ...

While ascending Mount Sharp, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has had to swing around a small ridgeline dubbed "Devil’s Gate." On its 4,500th sol (or Martian day), NASA's Mars rover Curiosity ...

Whether there is anything alive today on Mars is not known. However, scientists can make some educated guesses about the kind of life that might be there or might have lived there in the past.