One of the best parts about sending rovers like Perseverance to other planets, is sometimes they send back some absolutely ...

NASA says it’s now closer than ever to “discovering life on Mars” thanks to a key sample obtained by its Perseverance rover. On Wednesday (Sept. 10), the agency detailed its hopes for the sample, ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has recently sparked a renewed fascination in the exploration of Mars, following intriguing findings that suggest the possibility of ancient life on the Red Planet. The rover ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, scientists reported last week. NASA ...

Rocks found on Mars may provide the strongest evidence yet of past life on the Red Planet, but more testing is needed to back up those findings. Until the samples are retrieved by robotic spacecraft ...

NASA has long been searching for definitive signs of life on Mars, and it seems like NASA’s Perseverance rover has found the clearest signs yet in the form of some green, blue, black, and white dots ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, scientists reported Wednesday. They stressed ...

Rolling across the rugged, rusty red terrain on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover came upon some rocks with peculiar green, blue, black, and white dots. After detailed image analysis, scientists have ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — If scientists can prove evidence of life on Mars — now or at any point in the past — “that ...

Tiny life-forms might have once existed on Mars, leaving a trail that resembles poppy seeds and leopard spots on a reddish rock. NASA's Perseverance rover found this rock in July 2024. Scientists ...