NASA’s Johnson Space Center reminded everyone on Monday that its four volunteers have been inside its Mars simulation habitat for a whole month now, though they still have 344 days to go before they ...

When the Perseverance rover landed in Mars’s Jezero crater—a formation that long ago was Jezero lake—in February, 2021 it turned west. West is where the riverbeds, the deltas, the sites of ancient ...

NASA says it’s now closer than ever to “discovering life on Mars” thanks to a key sample obtained by its Perseverance rover. On Wednesday (Sept. 10), the agency detailed its hopes for the sample, ...

Scientists have identified several caves carved by water and they may have held or have evidence of extraterrestrial life.

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the latest in an endless cycle of tantalizing hints followed by pleas ...

In June, 2024, Perseverance, a NASA rover sent to collect samples on the surface of Mars, came upon a cluster of rocks in what is thought to be a former riverbed. Most of the rocks were identified as ...

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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — If scientists can prove evidence of life on Mars — now or at any point in the past — “that ...

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 ...

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the latest in an endless cycle of tantalizing hints followed by pleas ...