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Study Finds Early Life Used Molybdenum Billions of Years Before Oxygen Rise

The result broadens life-detection strategies by showing biology can thrive with trace metals in short supply.

Curiosity Finds Most Diverse Organic Molecules Yet on Mars With First Wet-Chemistry Test

NASA-Led Study Finds Nonbiological Sources Fall Short for Curiosity’s Mars Organics

Study Finds Planetary Oxygen at Birth Controls Life-Critical Phosphorus and Nitrogen

Lab-Made Cosmic Dust Matches Space Signatures in Peer-Reviewed Study

Perseverance Cleared for Years More Mars Driving With New Push Toward 'Lac de Charmes'

Study Finds Enceladus’ Heat Loss Matches Tidal Input, Indicating a Long-Lived Ocean

Perseverance Maps Repeated Habitable Water Episodes in Jezero, Study Finds

Perseverance Finds Potential Biosignature in Jezero Mudstone, Raising Stakes for Sample Return

New Model Points to Rare, Far-Flung ETIs, Estimating the Nearest at 33,000 Light-Years

NASA Reports Potential Biosignatures in Jezero Crater Core

Perseverance Detects Potential Biosignature in Jezero Crater Rock

Curiosity Rover Leverages Enhanced Autonomy to Probe Mars Boxwork Ridges

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Marks 1,500 Sols with Dust Devil-Photobombed Selfie