Until now, scientists believed that Mars’ skylights – pits in the surface of mars – were formed by volcanic activity. But data from Nasa’s orbiters suggests there are karst caves – underground bunkers ...

NASA has discovered strong evidence for ancient life on Mars, a potentially groundbreaking finding for humanity. In this ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...

A few weeks ago, the rover Perseverance found potential signs of life on Mars. Again. I’m getting tired of scientists getting so worked up about potential life on Mars. First, it was potential signs ...

Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and BBC presenter, predicts alien life will be found by 2075 but likely as 'grey sludge' ...

NASA's Perseverance robot, depicted here landing on the Martian dunes, used its cutting-edge cameras to image what could be the first evidence of life ever detected on Mars, opening the possibility ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has made another strange discovery. While investigating the Vernodden area of Jezero Crater – the crater where the rover first landed on the Red Planet in February 2021 ...

Chinese scientists have identified eight potential karst caves on Mars, formed by water, marking a significant breakthrough in astrobiology.

On Mars, it’s the little things that hint at past life. In 2025, tiny details in rocks across the Martian surface have revealed some of the most exciting clues yet that there may once have been ...

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