A NASA study shows bacteria fragments can survive 50 million years in Martian ice. Pure ice, not rock, could hold clues to ...

If life ever existed on Mars, traces of it might still be frozen beneath the planet's icy surface.

A new study looked into how biomolecules trapped in pure ice were capable of withstanding the harsh radiation of Mars for ...

What can craters on Mars teach scientists about the Red Planet’s climate history? This is what a recent study published in Geology hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated ice buildup ...

If there is life on Mars (or if there was long ago) it may not lie buried in the planet’s rocky crust. Instead, it might be ...

Could ancient microbes still be hiding on Mars—preserved for millions of years in ice? A new NASA and Penn State study ...

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red planet. By recreating Mars-like conditions in the lab, a team of researchers ...

Massive volcanic eruptions billions of years ago may have made it snow on Mars, leaving thick buried ice near the planet’s equator.

A US team has found that organic material can be detected in ice beneath the Martian surface even after a very long time.

A recent study suggests that chemical traces of ancient microbial life may still be preserved beneath Mars' icy surface.

Ancient explosive volcanic eruptions on Mars could help explain mysterious hints of buried ice from the Red Planet's equator, a new study finds.

Researchers recreated Martian conditions in a laboratory using E. coli bacteria and pure water ice. The samples were frozen ...