From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent years combing Jezero Crater for subtle traces of ancient microbes, but one of its most ...

The Perseverance rover has been exploring Jezero Crater for years, but it's never found an otherworldly object quite like ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of a rocky area nicknamed "Cheyava Falls" on July 18, 2024, showing black "poppy seed" and larger "leopard spot" features. Researchers say a sample ...

Sapphire Canyon has features that were immediately exciting to NASA scientists. Will they ever get to study it up close? Credit: NASA/JPL A new study using a novel form of spectroscopy is helping to ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: When NASA’s Perseverance rover explored the Bright ...

An alien doorway on Mars, as captured by Mast Camera (Mastcam) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3466 (image courtesy NASA) Scientists and David Bowie have all famously wondered if there is ...

New laboratory studies could shed light on a rock containing potential signs of alien life that’s stranded on Mars ...

A new book details the turn-of-the-century Mars craze It’s not aliens. It’s never aliens. Claims of extraterrestrial life are so common that experts now have this cheeky retort at the ready. In The ...

Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and a well-known BBC presenter, believes scientists will make a ...