A drill hole in an ancient Martian rock has yielded something more complicated than a simple yes-or-no answer about life.

Scientists edge closer to answering Mars’ biggest question: Did life ever exist on the red planet? Here's the latest from two ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has uncovered a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered ...

"This experiment's never been run before on another world," said Amy Williams, an astrobiologist working on the Curiosity ...

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has collected its 24th sample of Jezero Crater. The 'Comet Geyser' sample is "great for ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has been exploring Mars' Jezero Crater since 2021 with the primary objective to investigate the environments that could have supported life in the past on the Red Planet. In ...

The latest evidence that Mars was once a warmer, wetter world comes from a surprising place—the hidden subsurface depths of Jezero Crater—rather than its surface, which NASA’s Perseverance rover has ...

NASA's Perseverance rover took this selfie in May 2025. The Navcam used to capture the apparent comet images is located just below the large white camera at the top of the mast. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS ...

The Mars Perseverance rover has been investigating the Jezero Crater and came across something that is not native to Mars at all. It is a meteorite that collided with the red planet. Though various ...

After nearly five years on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers), and the mission team has been busy testing the rover’s durability and gathering new science ...