For decades, scientists have posited that to find life on Mars they first need to find water. And in the absence of water, ...

According to astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch of the Technical University Berlin in Germany, an experiment to detect the ...

NASA's Viking missions to Mars may have inadvertently eliminated Martian life. The missions used water in experiments to ...

Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes Nasa's Viking missions have inadvertently 'eliminated' Martian life. He also ...

In 1975, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft and its two landers began searching for signs of life on Mars. While initial tests hinted ...

On November 18, 2013, NASA launched the MAVEN spacecraft to Mars. The name MAVEN stands for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile ...

TL;DR: NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft, which landed on Mars in 1975, aimed to test for life using water-based methods.

Mars may have hosted life billions of years ago, a possibility that has long intrigued scientists. Now, new evidence suggests ...

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SpaceX is making preparations for yet another crucial test of its Starship rocket, which is the next generation of space ...

There are aliens in the universe, according to one astronaut. But humanity has one massive stumbling block when it comes to ...

Despite decades of exploration, no conclusive evidence of life on Mars has been found—though past missions may have come ...