Some of the unusual rocks carry stories about water on Mars. One has hints of long-gone microbes. All tell of a dynamic, complex planet.

The efforts made by humans to learn as much as possible about Mars are numerous, and NASA has an indispensable ally on the ...

Is there life on Mars? When curiosity breaks through a rock, it reveals this within. Sulfur crystals were discovered on the ...

The molecules may be remnants of fatty acids, which form cell membranes in Earth’s organisms, though they might have formed ...

The Curiosity rover accidentally split one of the rocks on Mars, releasing yellow crystals of pure sulfur. Although sulfates are not uncommon on the Red Planet, this is the first time pure sulfur has ...

The NASA Curiosity rover has detected the largest organic molecules found to date on Mars, opening a window ... The instrument detected an abundance of sulfur, which can be used to preserve ...

At the time, Perseverance's science team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California was using the rover to study and understand the forces at play in Mars' atmosphere. Dust devils ...

As for Curiosity, which is exploring a region about 2,300 miles away, the rover recently discovered the largest organic molecules on Mars to date ... molecule-preserving sulfur and other molecules ...

Pure quartz crystals have been spotted ... Since it arrived on Mars in 2020, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been scouring the bottom of Jezero crater, a vast ancient lake probably formed by ...