Life on Mars could survive — so long as you’re one...
Earth-based lifeforms known as lichens may be tough enough to survive on Mars, a new study suggests.Scientists came to this conclusion after blasting the lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in less than a day during a lab experiment — and the terrestrial lifeforms survived the process.Mars is not an easy place to…
Curiosity rover finds largest carbon chains on Mars from 3.7-billion-year-old rock
The longest molecules ever found on Mars have been unearthed by NASA's Curiosity rover, and they could mean the planet is strewn with evidence for ancient life.Molecule chains containing up to twelve carbon atoms linked together were detected in a 3.7 billion-year-old rock sample collected from a dried-up Martian lakebed named Yellowknife Bay, according to…
Scientists reveal signs of crucial life-sustaining process on Mars: ‘I knew...
NASA's Curiosity rover has found some of the best evidence yet that ancient life may have existed on Mars — and an answer for what could have wiped it out.When drilling into rocks on Mount Sharp, the central peak of the Red Planet's Gale Crater, the rover found evidence of siderite, an iron carbonate whose…
Space photo of the week: Mars rises over the moon’s horizon...
What it is: Mars and the moonWhere it is: The solar systemWhen it was shared: March 26, 2025Why it's so special: Something strange happened late at night on January 13, 2025. Sometime between about 9:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. EST (depending on where you were in North America), the full "Wolf Moon" drifted across Mars,…
These strange, hybrid Earth lifeforms could survive on Mars, new study...
Earth-based lifeforms known as lichens may be tough enough to survive on Mars, a new study suggests.Scientists came to this conclusion after blasting the lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in less than a day during a lab experiment — and the terrestrial lifeforms survived the process.Mars is not an easy place to…
NASA rover watches ‘fiendish’ Martian ‘dust devils’ collide in rare case...
NASA's Perseverance rover recently had a front-row seat to a rare case of Martian cannibalism: It filmed a massive, swirling "dust devil" engulfing a smaller twister on the Red Planet.The roaming robot captured the epic encounter on Jan. 25, on the 1,399th sol (Martian day) of its mission. In the video, a smaller devil, which…
Perseverance rover spots peculiar ‘spider egg’ rock on Mars — and...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has spotted a strange object out of the corner of its "eye": a mysterious rock that resembles a cluster of hundreds of spider eggs. The rock, which was discovered on the slopes of Witch Hazel Hill on the rim of Jezero Crater, is lightly dusted with red sand and conspicuously out…
NASA rover spots hundreds of ‘spider eggs’ on Mars — and...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has spotted a strange object out of the corner of its "eye": a mysterious rock that resembles a cluster of hundreds of spider eggs. The rock, which was discovered on the slopes of Witch Hazel Hill on the rim of Jezero Crater, is lightly dusted with red sand and conspicuously out…
Longest molecules ever found on Mars may be remnants of building...
The longest molecules ever found on Mars have been unearthed by NASA's Curiosity rover, and they could mean the planet is strewn with evidence for ancient life.Molecule chains containing up to twelve carbon atoms linked together were detected in a 3.7 billion-year-old rock sample collected from a dried-up Martian lakebed named Yellowknife Bay, according to…
How Brine Shrimp Adapted to Mars-like Conditions
The effects of Climate Change on Earth’s living systems have led to a shift in biological studies, with attention now being focused on the boundaries within which life can survive. Studying life forms that can thrive in extreme environments (extremophiles) is also fundamental to predicting if humans can live and work in space for extended…
