Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes his research into extremophiles in the Atacama could help NASA re-assess its search for ...

Life on Mars may have been found — before it was accidentally destroyed during a NASA mission nearly 50 years ago, one ...

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For nearly 50 years, NASA has been exploring the possibility of microbial life on Mars. That investigation began with the Viking 1 lander, which entered orbit around the Red Planet in the mid-1970s.

"The experiments performed by NASA's Viking landers may have accidentally killed Martian life by applying too much water," ...

Nov. 22, 2024 — New research has uncovered what may be the oldest direct evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars, revealing the planet may have been habitable at some point in its ..

Using a mix of China's Zhurong Mars rover's onboard instruments, scientists identified several intriguing water-related features.

Here's a look at the best (and worst) Mars landings of all time: Mars 2, a lander built by the former Soviet Union, has the double-edged distinction of being the first human-built object ever to ...

Ghanaian scientist, Dr. Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, designed NASA's InSight spacecraft. He gained significant attention following the successful landing of InSight in Mars. Read the full story ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Dirk Schulze-Makuch, an astrobiologist at the Technische Universität Berlin, claims that NASA was wrong to assume that life on Mars would have ...

In 1975, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft and its two landers began searching for signs of life on Mars. While initial tests hinted at microbial activity, these were dismissed as inconclusive.

China's Zhurong rover has found evidence of an ancient Martian ocean, sparking debates about water history on Mars. This ...