SYDNEY, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Scientists' discovery of strong evidence of ancient, water-rich environments beneath Mars' surface offers new hope in the search for past life on the Red Planet.

The rover has stumbled upon the clues to answer the mystery of what happened to the planet’s ancient atmosphere and how Mars has evolved.

A mineral known as siderite, discovered in rock samples collected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's ...

Scientists have spotted a molecule linked to life in the atmosphere of K2-18b using the James Webb Telescope. Here is a look ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet's warmer and wetter ancient past when it boasted substantial ...

Learn more about the Curiosity’s carbonate discovery on Mars, and what it tells of about Mars’ past and Earth’s future.

NASA says the discovery of carbonate suggests the ancient Martian atmosphere contained enough carbon dioxide to support ...

A photomosaic taken by the Curiosity rover on April 30, 2023, at one drill site in Gale Crater, Mars. Rock powder samples ...

A new hypothesis from SETI Institute scientist Dr. Janice Bishop and Dr. Melissa Lane from Fibernetics in Pennsylvania could ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has provided new evidence of at least intermittent large bodies of liquid water on the surface of Mars, bolstering theories that the planet once harbored a thicker, carbon ...

The find brings researchers closer to answering the question about whether Mars was ever capable of supporting life.