The strongest hints yet that Mars once hosted living microbes are no longer theoretical models or ambiguous chemistry. They ...

The curious minds at What If investigate the possibility of microbial life on Mars, revealing water sources, radiation ...

A few weeks ago, the rover Perseverance found potential signs of life on Mars. Again. I’m getting tired of scientists getting so worked up about potential life on Mars. First, it was potential signs ...

Black swans entered the public vernacular in 2007 with the publication of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Black swans are unexpected events, outliers ...

They’re not completely sure. They never are. But this time, they’re pretty sure. Or, at the very least, sure enough to alert the media. Scientists monitoring the Perseverance Mars rover mission have ...

Experiments show that biomolecules trapped in pure ice could withstand the harsh radiation of Mars for tens of millions of years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Scientists have traced ancient Martian shorelines inside a giant canyon, revealing where a vast ocean once stood and why ...

Recent findings have brought us closer than we’ve ever been to confirming life beyond the Earth. As we wait for confirmation or otherwise, let’s think about what this will tell us about life ...