Mars, NASA and Quartz

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...
An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...
In the next decade, space agencies plan to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth. But what if these rocks contain alien ...
If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...
The most significant change since those 1970's experiments were conducted was the discovery of high levels of perchlorate on Mars. Perchlorate, plus abiotic oxidants, explains the Viking results and ...
We often forget how wonderful it is that life exists, and what a special and unique phenomenon it is. As far as we know, ours ...
The redness of Mars has made the planet one of the most recognizable in the solar system with its hue serving as a topic of ...
It [was] obvious these people were dying for some reason, but they were humans. They were just twice our size.' ...