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3.5-billion-year-old Mars rock delivers 'closest' humanity has ever come to alien life

For generations, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has captivated humanity. On Mars, faint traces in ancient ...
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NASA reports strongest life-on-Mars signs yet with high confidence

In a quiet corner of an ancient riverbed on Mars, a speckled rock has pushed the search for extraterrestrial life into its ...
The Debrief

“A Potential Biosignature is Awaiting Return Now”: Congress Abandons Retrieval of Martian Rocks That May Hold Evidence of Extraterrestrial Life

Plans to retrieve Marian rocks that may contain signs of extraterrestrial life appear to have been abandoned by the US ...

Caveman aliens could be hiding on Mars, scientists say

Until now, scientists believed that Mars’ skylights – pits in the surface of mars – were formed by volcanic activity. But ...
Forbes

Mars Discovery Means ‘Galaxy Could Be Teeming With Life,’ Scholar Says

NASA's Perseverance robot, depicted here landing on the Martian dunes, used its cutting-edge cameras to image what could be the first evidence of life ever detected on Mars, opening the possibility ...

Not all scientific breakthroughs survive the hype

Some scientific breakthroughs may be lost to time due to scandal and redaction, while others are simply a case of waiting for ...