Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months exploring the site to investigate if they are a clue to the presence of water.

The University of Toronto has joined forces with BioLabs to launch Toronto’s largest shared lab incubator, bringing the world-leading shared lab platform to Canada’s life sciences ecosystem for the ...

From orbit, the terrain looked like a tangle of giant spiders drawn across a Martian hillside. Up close, it looks even stranger — and far more useful. NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent about six months ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured images of hilly terrain on Mars, described by scientists as resembling spiderwebs from orbit, which provide clues about the planet’s watery past.

Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...