Some substances that don't mix on Earth can combine in ultra freezing conditions like those on Saturn's largest moon, ...

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

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

Are researchers searching in the wrong locations on Mars to find ancient life? This is what a recent study published in ...

In the pure ice, over 10% of the amino acids survived this simulated exposure, but in the soil-bearing samples nearly all ...

Frozen deep beneath the Martian surface, traces of ancient life could have survived undisturbed for tens of millions of years. A new NASA-led study reveals that pure ice on Mars might protect organic ...

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red ...

For decades, chemistry students have learned a simple truth: polar and nonpolar substances don’t mix. Water and oil stay ...

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

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

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