Scientists may finally have a way to detect ancient life on Mars by studying microbial fossils preserved in sulfate minerals.

Officials with Save Red Rock, the advocacy group working to protect the safety and sustainability of Red Rock Canyon National ...

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

Looking at those spectra can determine whether there's fossilized life in the rock. But before that laser could be sent to ...

B ack in March 2013, an unusual and tragic story emerged about a man who was swallowed by a sinkhole in Florida. No trace of ...

One of these minerals is gypsum, which "has been widely detected on the Martian surface and is known for its exceptional fossilization potential," said Youcef Sellam, who is a PhD student at the ...

Planetary scientists in Algeria and Switzerland have developed a scientific instrument that could help hunt for signs of life ...

The huge gypsum pile for now seems well designed and ... At some point, the dangers of processing the phosphate rock, from which phosphogypsum is a byproduct, will vastly outweigh the benefits.

proving they can detect the fossils of microbes in gypsum samples that are a close analogy to sulfate rocks on Mars. "Our findings provide a methodological framework for detecting biosignatures in ...

New Mexico has quickly become a global star thanks to the film industry. The Land of Enchantment has served as both the final ...

The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) announced on Sunday the discovery of an ancient water well on ...

One of these minerals is gypsum, which "has been widely detected on the Martian ... unknown alien nature might make them difficult to distinguish from microscopic rock formations. However, finding ...