From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

For astronaut safety and to bolster success of the human exploration to come later, NASA needs an end-to-end demonstration of ...

Chinese scientists have identified eight potential karst caves on Mars, formed by water, marking a significant breakthrough in astrobiology.

Until now, scientists believed that Mars’ skylights – pits in the surface of mars – were formed by volcanic activity. But ...

In a quiet corner of an ancient riverbed on Mars, a speckled rock has pushed the search for extraterrestrial life into its ...

NASA has discovered strong evidence for ancient life on Mars, a potentially groundbreaking finding for humanity. In this ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

The goal should be a new golden rule linking the search for life elsewhere to the spread of life beyond the bounds of Earth.

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

The purpose of the workshop, titled “Green Mars”, was to develop an “up-to-date perspective on the feasibility of terraforming Mars”.

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

Yes, zombie creatures from another world could indeed land on a defenseless planet, but in a twist, it's the Earthlings who ...