"The last four months have been a whirlwind for the science team, and we still feel that Witch Hazel Hill has more to tell us." ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed ...

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of ...

To study Mars’s chemical and mineral makeup, the Curiosity rover drills one to 1.5 inches down into the subsurface, then ...

The Curiosity rover identified hidden caches of the mineral siderite, which could help explain why Mars lost its habitable climate.

A new study led by a University of Calgary scientist has found evidence that suggests Mars once had a carbon cycle, giving ...

Perseverance explores Jezero Crater’s rim, uncovering diverse rocks that reveal Mars’ ancient geology and possible signs of ...

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, and has travelled more than 34 kilometres on the Martian surface. The discovery of carbonate suggests that the atmosphere contained enough carbon ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...

Here's more on each rover's find, as well as what's next for the Mars missions and NASA's plans to get the samples back to Earth. The Perseverance recently spotted a rock with a strange texture as ...

Next, the team wants to design a new experiment ... the 2030s via a complicated symphony of missions called Mars Sample Return. Both rovers have detected a variety of organic carbon molecules ...