Mars

The light weight helicopter crash landed earlier this year

The Mars discovery could also prove that warm, salty water flowed from the Martian mountain dubbed Mount Sharp

It's long been debated if Mars once hosted vast bodies of water

The discovery is believed to be the oldest direct evidence of potential habitable life

The space rover is still exploring the Red Planet some 12 years later

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists search for exoplanets

Space helicopter Ingenuity's findings have helped to develop future NASA missions

The 'strange' discovery was made during one of Ingenuity's 72 flights

Despite the findings, NASA is still hoping to send humans to Mars

Viking I took the picture of the surface of Mars, later released by NASA

The underground water is difficult to reach but poses a new path forward for research on the Red Planet

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover found something 'never seen before' which could be evidence of life

NASA scientist Anca Selariu spoke about the deep connection she felt to Earth while being away on 'Mars'

NASA has revealed its Curiosity Mars rover has made an 'exciting' discovery which 'shouldn't be there'

The four astronauts had been living in a simulation in preparation for travelling to Mars

The simulation began back in June last year

Chinese rover Zhurong made the discovery on Mars, and it could shed some light on the Red Planet's history

The plant has been found to be able to adapt to 'extreme stress conditions'

Scientists have admitted they do not know why it is happening

A Russian child genius caught people's attention with some dire predictions about humanity's future

Ingenuity found the wreckage as it continued to exceed its expectations on Mars

Carl Sagan left a cryptic message for the first humans on Mars before his death in 1996.

NASA are hoping to land humans on Mars in a matter of years

It could easily be mistaken for a desert on Earth