NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, scientists reported Wednesday. They stressed that in-depth analysis ...

NASA announced Wednesday that its Perseverance rover discovered what scientists are calling a "potential biosignature" in a rock on Mars last year. This signature, which may have a biological origin ...

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine the sample more closely to know for sure ...

Research led by NASA suggests a habitable past on Mars based on the discovery of minerals in Martian rocks associated with ...

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars last year may have ...

The discovery by the six-wheeled rover in Jezero Crater represents one of the best pieces of evidence to date about the ...

Jezero Crater on Mars was once home to a lake, delta and rivers. See an animation of what it could have looked like when ...

Perseverance has a drill to penetrate rocks and tubes for samples gathered from places suitable for hosting life billions of ...

Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last found evidence that life did indeed once exist on Mars? Here's what we know.

Perseverance found iron-rich minerals in Jezero Crater rocks, hinting at ancient life, though confirmation awaits Mars Sample Return missions.

Mars was once much warmer, wetter, and more hospitable than the frigid desert it is today, and it may have had conditions ...