Interest in Martian life had been spurred by a now infamous announcement from the White House lawn in 1996, when President Bill Clinton declared that signs of life had been detected in a Martian meteorite found in Antarctica. That claim was later refuted—but it caused enough clamor to put the search for Martian life at the top of NASA’s agenda.

NASA’s Mars rover collected rock samples that could reveal if the planet once hosted life. Here’s what scientists plan to do with them.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists have been startled by the latest discovery of the space agency’s rover on Mars.The Perseverance rover has found a rock on

Discover how scientists are using Martian orbiters to track its path and what its mysterious radio signals reveal about its nature.