This is because on Mars—where each gram of organic matter, milliliter of water and photon of solar energy is scarce—there can be no inefficiencies. The "waste" products of one part of the ...

This is because on Mars — where each gram of organic matter, milliliter of water and photon of solar energy is scarce — there can be no inefficiencies. The "waste" products of one part of the ...

In 1957, the boundaries between Earth and space were first breached: The USSR launched the satellite Sputnik into space, ...

A Martian meteorite that crashed to Earth 12 years ago contains a "huge diversity" of organic compounds, including one that has never been seen on Mars before, a new study has found. The findings ...

That’s not all. One of the organic compounds had never been discovered from Mars samples before, according to the release. That compound is called organomagnesium, and it was found in the veins ...

The depot will serve as a backup, in case Perseverance can't deliver its onboard samples to a rocket-toting lander.

Agricultural technologies to grow food on Mars can help address climate change, sustainability and food scarcity challenges.

It may also help scientists get one step closer to answering one of their big questions: Was there ever life on Mars? In a ...