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Searching for life on Mars

This image, taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on Aug. 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled into Martian rock in preparation for the rover's first attempt to collect a sample. It was captured by one of the rover's cameras in what the rover's science team called "cobblestone" in the area. The crater floor is broken and rough" in Jezero Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Did life exist on Mars and other planets? We may soon know through artificial intelligence

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An artist's impression of an active mantle plume rising from the depths of Mars and pushing up the Elysium plain. Credit: Adrien Broquet & Audrey Lasbordes

A surprising discovery on Mars: a massive mantle plume is pushing the surface of Mars upwards

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Cracks crossing land formations on Mars indicate that Mars is a much more active planet than previously thought
Water (frozen) on Mars. Illustration: shutterstock

Be careful of contamination of Mars with terrestrial bacteria - scientists grapple with the question of what the discovery of water on Mars means for life there and for the possibility of landing humans on it

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The image as it appears on Google Mars after processing

Cylindrical structures 250 m long on Mars? Just a hole in the photo

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Why is the surface of Mars red? A new study offers a surprising conclusion

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Mars is not a dead planet

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NASA's next Mars mission has been delayed by two years

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NASA has announced the next Mars mission: the Maven Atmospheric Orbiter

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90 days on Mars - Phoenix dug the deepest trench

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Curiosity spacecraft on Mars. An artist's perception. Image: NASA

Searching for life on Mars

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Europe is considering the next mission to Mars - in 2009

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Methane was discovered in the Martian atmosphere: is it a sign of life or volcanic activity?

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