When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good ...

What turns an oddly patterned Martian rock into one of the most watched clues in planetary science? For NASA’s Perseverance ...

Valkyrie, a humanoid robot that was previously trained to assist NASA with Mars mission preparations, will soon return to the ...

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

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

The way this document is written suggests that when NASA scores bidders for the Mars Telecommunications Network, the addition ...

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

NASA's Curiosity rover just found bizarre nodules on giant Martian "spiderwebs." Scientists are puzzled.

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy in a statement. “The identification of a potential biosignature ...

Humans could have come from Mars, scientists have said. A study by Johns Hopkins University has found that alien microbes ...