Clay minerals, or analogously phyllosilicates, are some of the most astonishing minerals
ever discovered on Mars due to their roles as indicators of water-rock interaction. Their …

It is often acknowledged that the search for life on Mars might produce false positive results,
particularly via the detection of objects, patterns or substances that resemble the products of …

Identifying unequivocal signs of life on Mars is one of the most important objectives for
sending missions to the red planet. Here we report Red Stone, a 163-100 My alluvial fan …

The European Space Agency and Roscosmos' ExoMars rover mission, which is planned to
land in the Oxia Planum region, will be dedicated to exobiology studies at the surface and …

Mars exploration motivates the search for extraterrestrial life, the development of space
technologies, and the design of human missions and habitations. Here, we seek new …

Shallow subsurface water ice on Mars is currently stable poleward of about 45° latitude and
unstable in the equatorial regions. Past climate cycles driven by orbital oscillations are …

Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, landed on Mars in August 2012 to
investigate the~ 3.5-billion-year-old (Ga) fluvio-lacustrine sedimentary deposits of Aeolis …

Two rover missions to Mars aim to detect biomolecules as a sign of extinct or extant life with,
among other instruments, Raman spectrometers. However, there are many unknowns about …

Chirality is a central feature in the evolution of biological systems, but the reason for
biology's strong preference for specific chiralities of amino acids, sugars, and other …

The detection of lava tubes beneath the surfaces of the Moon and Mars has been a popular
research topic and challenge in planetary radar observation. In recent years, the Moon …