Mars, Earth's closest neighbor, has long captivated human imagination with the possibility of extraterrestrial life just a ...

Mars is generally regarded as a place that can't support life, but new research sheds light on how the Red Planet evolved ...

A robot on the hunt for signs of alien life on Mars has taken a huge battering, shock new images released by Nasa show. The Curiosity rover has been busy gathering rocks for more than 12 years to ...

The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface.

NASA's Curiosity rover reveals how Mars lost its water, providing insights into the planet's extreme climate and potential ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has new insights into how Mars might have changed from a potentially habitable, water-rich planet to an absolutely uninhabitable desert. The search for life on Mars goes ...

This low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill ...

NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life—with evidence for ...

Curiosity rover explains Mars’ shift from habitable to harsh and lifeless. Credit: Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0 NASA’s Curiosity rover is shedding new light on Mars’ ancient climate. The rover is exploring ...

The discoveries were made using Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) and Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) instruments, which heated the samples and analysed the gases released to provide ...

The Martian life that may one day be found within the Red Planet's dusty ice might resemble life in arctic 'cryoconite holes' ...