Scientists may have uncovered a promising new method to detect ancient life on Mars. A recent study suggests that microbial ...

"We proved that our instrument is capable of detecting signatures of life in gypsum," he added, suggesting it might help do ...

Planetary scientists in Algeria and Switzerland have developed a scientific instrument that could help hunt for signs of life ...

Scientists may finally have a way to detect ancient life on Mars by studying microbial fossils preserved in sulfate minerals.

Scientists found fossil-like traces in gypsum, suggesting ancient microbial life may have existed on Mars billions of years ...

A Star Trek-style life signs detector has successfully detected ancient microbial life in gypsum rocks similar to rocks on ...

Gypsum deposits formed on Mars could conceal evidence of past life on the planet — microbes similar to the first life that formed on Earth four billion years ago. But to test this hypothesis, we need ...

Scientists have tested a laser-powered mass spectrometer on Earth to detect fossilized microbes in minerals similar to those ...

The first life on Earth formed four billion years ago, as microbes living in pools and seas: what if the same thing happened on Mars? If it did, how ...

This surge of water - the Zanclean Megaflood - is said to have ended a period during which the Mediterranean was a vast expanse of salt flats, known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted ...

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The first life on Earth formed four billion years ago, as microbes living in pools and seas: but how would we know if the ...