US officials canceled NASA’s ambitious Mars Sample Return program, leaving potential evidence of ancient life sitting on Mars. Could China beat them to it?

In looking back and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Viking missions to Mars, one is struck by the bold and audacious undertaking. Twin spacecraft missions — each consisting of a lander and ...

Dr Amy Williams and her team discovered the largest collection of organic compounds on Mars in a sample collected by the ...

Is there life on Mars … in clay? Scientists think that the minerals in clay could be the key to finding signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. The European Space Agency is still working toward ...

Depth Analysis]Mars was once nothing more than a red dot visible through a telescope.However, as of 2026, robots sent by humanity are continuing to operate on Mars.They photograph rocks, analyze their ...

A thin atmosphere and other factors have left Mars' soil in rough shape, but the quest continues for signs of life, even if it's extinct. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS What if we aren’t alone in the universe?

The team operating a remote chemistry lab onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover won a Gizmodo Science Fair award for discovering compelling chemical evidence that Mars could have once supported life. Reading ...

On July 20, 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to safely touch down on Mars. Shortly after, it beamed back our first close-up image of the surface—a drab view of pebbles strewn ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in Nature Communications. The researchers believe this organic matter may have ...

A half-century after the Viking landers touched down on the Red Planet, the debate over whether they found signs of life continues. The tension was palpable at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as ...