Ancient Martian life might be preserved in ice for millions of years, new research suggests. Experiments show pure ice acts ...

Could ancient microbes still be hiding on Mars—preserved for millions of years in ice? A new NASA and Penn State study ...

Experiments show that biomolecules trapped in pure ice could withstand the harsh radiation of Mars for tens of millions of ...

"We have found a habitable environment," said John Grotzinger, project scientist for the Curiosity mission. "The water that was here was so benign and supportive of life that if a ...

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the Red ...

CO₂ ice blocks on Mars may dig gullies as they slide and sublimate in the thin atmosphere. In lab experiments, scientists recreated these eerie, worm-like movements under Martian conditions. The ...

Scientists used the 'Mars Chamber' in the UK to simulate a process that creates 'very strange' gulleys on the red planet.

The dream of living on another planet has intrigued scientists, engineers, and explorers for a long time. Now, the dream is ...

Mars is where that leadership will be proven. And if NASA is serious about sending humans there, and keeping them safe while they’re there, that investment in long-term infrastructure needs to start ...

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a research and development lab federally funded by NASA and managed by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and is responsible for the building and ...

NATIONWIDE — NASA announced on Wednesday that its Perseverance Mars rover may have found signs of ancient microbial life on the red planet. During a teleconference on Wednesday morning, acting NASA ...