Do you remember the fuss surrounding ALH84001? That was the name of a meteorite, found in Antarctica, that was formed on Mars 4.5 billion years ago. It made the headlines a decade ago, when it was ...

It was a science fiction fantasy come true: Ten years ago this summer, NASA announced the discovery of life on Mars. At a Washington, D.C., news conference, scientists showed magnified pictures of a ...

The scientific debate over whether a meteorite contains evidence of past life on Mars continues to intensify, with colleagues of the team that announced the possibility in 1996 revealing new findings ...

Features in a Martian meteorite believed by some to be the fossilised remains of alien bacteria may have formed underwater, scientists claim. The nano-bodies from Van (left) look very like those from ...

The most illustrious meteorite inhistory continues toinspire heated debate. Does it carry microbial fossils from Mars or areitsstrange features just the product of some unique geochemistry?

"The Rock from Mars" is engaging, smoothly written, and gives a sympathetic human face to the scientists involved, especially those in McKay's group. A quarter of the book is taken up by notes, which ...

It was a science fiction fantasy come true: Ten years ago this summer, NASA announced the discovery of life on Mars. At a Washington, D.C., news conference, scientists showed magnified pictures of a ...

The search for extraterrestrial life didn’t get serious in America until Bill Clinton took over the White House. The science was real, but the public perception was that it was X-Files nonsense so, ...