Mars' global magnetic field may have hung around for 200 million years longer than scientists had thought, possibly giving ...

This year NASA’s Perseverance rover has recently discovered compelling evidence within a Martian rock that could potentially indicate past life on Mars. Morgan Cable, a scientist on the Perseverance ...

The recent Mars rover unmanned mission has uncovered mud formations that tell tales of wet and dry spells spanning millions ...

We have wondered for centuries whether our neighbouring planet is home to life, just like our own. In the 19th century, the idea of men on Mars took off after astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli ...

Renowned American-born, Hungarian geologist on why Mars likely never developed any sort of life. And how life may have started here on earth.

Researchers at Harvard's Paleomagnetics Lab have made a compelling case that Mars' magnetic field, which could have supported ...

If dust makes up more than about 1% of the ice, it would be too shaded for life to survive – but in ice containing between 0.01 and 0.1% dust, microbes could find refuge at depths between 5 and ...

The researchers focused on the potential for photosynthetic life to exist beneath layers of ice on Mars. They calculated that in ice containing between 0.01 and 0.1% dust, microbes could survive at ...

While actual evidence for life on Mars has never been found, a new NASA study proposes microbes could find a potential home beneath frozen water on the planet's surface. Through computer modeling ...

It is almost four years since the Perseverance Rover landed on Mars and it has found a rock that could hold life signs.

Discovering organic molecules on Mars is far from proof that life once existed there. But it’s a step on the way, as well as a great excuse to look into the scientific principles and engineering ...

Now stationed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Dr Allwood is one of seven scientists tasked with finding evidence of life on Mars via the next Mars Rover, due to be ...