Samples taken from an ancient Mars rock may indicate that ancient life once existed on the Red Planet, according to a study ...

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

Scientists have discovered traces of organic molecules on the Red Planet and are not ruling out the possibility that they were produced by living organisms.

The discovery is based on previous Curiosity findings revealed since 2018 about basic organics found on Mars though the ...

Wringing out clues that could change everything.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered some of the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars, and scientists say ordinary geology may not fully explain them.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mars, with its rust-hued surface, is known as the red planet for a reason. Along the way, Curiosity has made some extraordinary ...

Curiosity has been the subject of countless selfies and images taken from space, but has never been photographed from Mars' own orbit. The reconnaissance orbiter, which has been circling Mars since ...

NASA's Curiosity rover snapped this view of polygon-patterned bedrock on May 4. Mars is home to a lot of odd-shaped rocks that can look pretty random. Patterns, however, can catch scientists’ eyes.

Scientists studying a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover have uncovered something tantalizing: the largest ...

It’s rocking into spiderwebs. NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped pictures of a long-sought geological structure — dubbed “spiderwebs” — on the Red Planet that indicate a history of flowing water, the ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover was spotted making tracks on Mars’ surface in a new photo. Taken in February, the rover is seen as a tiny black speck as it makes its way to its next destination. The rover has ...