Learn why scientists are cautiously optimistic about the potential biosignatures found in the Sapphire Canyon rock sample.

In the midst of climate change, awareness of humanity’s negative impact on the planet has grown, making the idea of moving to another planet more appealing. This led to the concept of Biosphere 2, ...

Tiny life forms might have lived on Mars, NASA announced Wednesday. The agency's Perseverance rover found a rock with "leopard spots" on the Red Planet. Its scientists spent a year studying the images ...

The sample also contains organic carbon, one of life’s building blocks. "This is the closest we’ve actually come to ...

Researchers who examined data from Perseverance found that the rocks contained organics that could have been the precursors ...

"The idea was for our payload to get us just up to the potential biosignature designation and have the rest of the story told by instruments here on Earth." A potentially huge discovery by NASA's ...