In searches for past and present Martian life, some scientists say we’ve been too cautious to see what’s right in front of us ...

Did Viking 1 find evidence of life on Mars? Fifty years after the NASA lander touched down, the jury is still out.

Half a century after the first successful Mars landing, Viking's greatest legacy may be the questions it taught us to ask.

Without digging or drilling, Perseverance rover turned up a rich trace of complex carbon on the bare face of a Martian rock.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on July 23, 2024, the 1,218th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. To the left of the rover near the center of the image is the arrowhead-shaped rock ...

For this week’s Fault Lines column, Jon Allsop is filling in for Jay Caspian Kang. In 1877, Giovanni Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer (and uncle of the fashion icon Elsa), started making a map of ...

Breakthroughs increasingly hinge not on finding something new, but on recognising what was​ missed. A leading scientist tells us why it matters ...

Life on Mars and How to Find It, is an example of his doing just that: Benner ... Continue reading this article with an NRPLUS subscription. It’s back! Get six months of NRPLUS for $17.76! Already a ...

Astrophysicist and science writer Adam Becker discusses why the dream of life on Mars may be out of reach, maybe for centuries to come.