Researchers exposed two lichen species to Mars-like atmospheric conditions for five hours—and one performed impressively.

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that certain lichen species can survive Mars-like conditions, including ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...

The Mars Curiosity rover’s onboard mini-lab has helped confirm the existence of the largest organic molecules ever found on ...

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of ...

Russia could supply a small nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars planned by billionaire entrepreneur and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, President Vladimir Putin's international cooperation envoy said ...

The search for evidence of life on Mars just got a little more interesting with the discovery of large organic molecules in a ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries ... By remotely analyzing the pulverized rock within the rover's belly, scientists found the largest organic compounds on the ...

Russia may provide a small nuclear power plant for a Mars mission planned by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, President Vladimir Putin's envoy for international cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Thursday.