You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your TV screen and wondering: Could something have lived there once? Now, after ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent roughly six months exploring a geological feature on Mars known as boxwork: a vast network of low rock ridges, about 3–6 feet (1–2 meters) tall, crisscrossing the ...

NASA's Curiosity rover just found bizarre nodules on giant Martian "spiderwebs." Scientists are puzzled.

Spiderweb-shaped rock patterns on Mars may rewrite the timeline of when water disappeared from the Red Planet.

Strange spiderweb-like ridges on Mars may reveal groundwater lasted longer than scientists thought.

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

In this age of Mars rovers, questions about the planet's ancient past have shifted. A growing body of evidence supports the ...

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

The web-like features are believed to be sculpted by ancient groundwater, offering new clues about the Red Planet's watery ...

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

Samples taken from an ancient Mars rock may indicate that ancient life once existed on the Red Planet, according to a study ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover discovered these bumpy, pea-sized nodules while exploring a region filled with boxwork formations—low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy ...