Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...

For generations, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has captivated humanity. On Mars, faint traces in ancient ...

A Congressional bill restores funding for most NASA space science missions, but there is no money for returning samples ...

Plans to retrieve Marian rocks that may contain signs of extraterrestrial life appear to have been abandoned by the US ...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious hole on the surface of Mars, and they have no idea what lies inside it. This pit, ...

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

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

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

The potential for sending payloads and people to Mars is therefore becoming plausible in a way that it never has before. Mars ...

Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA cleanrooms, revealing surprisingly resilient microbes with potential ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

The Mars Perseverance rover has been investigating the Jezero Crater and came across something that is not native to Mars at all. It is a meteorite that collided with the red planet. Though various ...