The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

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Researchers have looked at how particular microbes from Earth would fare in conditions like those of Mars, the moon, and the ...

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In September 2025, NASA announced that its Perseverance rover had discovered a potential biosignature, which is a substance or structure that might have a biological origin. A new paper, published in ...

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the ...

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

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