WASHINGTON — The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National Academies report concludes. The report, A Science Strategy for the ...

"The detection of life on Mars is a persistent top priority for explorers of many disciplines, and it is the top science objective in this report." When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and steered by scientists at Penn State lays out ...