Mars

Vikings Revisited: Did Mars Show Life in 1976?

This week scientists revisit Viking data from 1976 and argue that positive signals in early life-detection experiments may have been wiped out by the very tests designed to find t… Feb 17, 2026

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MAVEN May Be Lost Around Mars

NASA engineers are racing to re-establish contact with the MAVEN orbiter after it failed to reconnect following a routine pass behind Mars on 6 December 2025; partial tracking dat… Dec 16, 2025

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Martian ice could preserve biomolecules for millions of years, lab study finds

Laboratory simulations indicate pure ice can protect microbial biomolecules from long-term radiation and temperature effects, making ice-rich regions on Mars promising targets for… Nov 13, 2025

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Vikings Revisited: Did Mars Show Life in 1976?

MAVEN May Be Lost Around Mars

Martian ice could preserve biomolecules for millions of years, lab study finds