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 ...

Life may have emerged on Mars and Earth at the same time. That's according to new evidence found in a Martian meteorite that indicates the key ingredient for life, water, appeared on Mars around 4 ...

In fact, Schulze-Makuch believes NASA may have already detected life on Mars with its Viking landers in the 1970s. As microbial life in the Atacama Desert dies when exposed to too much water ...

New Research Explores Volcanic Caves, Advancing the Search for Life on Mars Nov. 18, 2024 — Through the intricate study of lava tubes -- caves formed following volcanic eruptions when lava cools ...

For decades, scientists have posited that to find life on Mars they first need to find water. And in the absence of water, they have tried to see what happens when they introduce it onto the planet.

In 2011, the United States launched an Atlas V rocket to look for life on Mars. Aboard was the rover Curiosity, which would explore the planet, searching for signs of life. In 2023, Irish writer ...

What we learned, however, made us space settlement sceptics. Here’s the thing: Mars sucks. When you dig into what life would really look like on the Red Planet, in terms of the squishy details ...

The US space agency on Monday announced a $256.6 million contract with SpaceX to support the launch of the Dragonfly ... spacecraft about the size of a Mars Rover and capable of flight like ...

A specific area on Mars has been identified as a potential location for current life – with the organisms living far beneath the surface. Andrea Butturini at the University of Barcelona in Spain ...

Attendees of a test launch in South Padre Island, Texas, offered their opinions on whether Elon Musk can fulfill his ambitious prediction that another craft can be sent to Mars by 2026.