NASA's Curiosity rover made a compelling find on Mars ' irradiated surface.

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...

Toxic dust on Mars would make a future mission to the red planet extremely hazardous for astronauts and require significant ...

Martian dust storms can potentially cause respiratory issues and elevated risk of disease, making them yet another health hazard space agencies need to prepare for, according to new research by the ...

Earlier this year, the tiny rocket company that wants to grow up to be SpaceX someday told NASA that, if it's agreeable, ...

Curiosity has previously discovered small organic molecules on Mars, but these recently found compounds are larger and would ...

Scientists are confident Mars was once abundant with water, as seen in massive flood-carved channels, ancient river valleys, ...

Experts have found long carbon chains, containing up to 12 consecutive atoms, in samples of Martian rock which date back ...

The molecules may be remnants of fatty acids, which form cell membranes in Earth’s organisms, though they might have formed ...

For the first time on a global scale, 20 years of observations on Mars have been condensed into a single study led by ...

While Curiosity mission scientists have previously identified small, simple organic molecules on the red planet, the ...

Researchers caution that the molecules could be of abiotic or biological origin, and do not represent definitive proof of ...