Before we get to Mars, we're going to have to practice. And develop radical leaps in technology, but also practice. A Mars ...

NASA scientists say a rock sample collected by the Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater may contain the strongest signs yet of ...

"The results reported here can be crucial when down-selecting which samples, if not all, are returned to Earth." ...

Scientists can now predict Mars' green auroras - glowing signs of solar storms - which could protect future astronauts on the ...

Mars may have released sulfur gases that trapped heat, shaped the climate, and created conditions for ancient life.

The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. The discovery represents "the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars," NASA acting ...

One of the studies, led by Dr. Aleksandra Sokołowska of Brown University and Imperial College London, has identified 258 ...

A distant exoplanet might have an atmosphere similar to Earth's, early observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggest. It is part of a group of planets orbiting a star called TRAPPIST ...

Recently, in a “wild” new spin on the theory, known as directed panspermia, it’s been suggested that “aliens sent microbes or ...

Strange blobs detected deep within Mars by NASA’s InSight lander may be remnants of the planet’s earliest “embryo,” according ...

Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, ...

A lookout point in the foothills of Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-high mountain, allowed the rover to see all the way across Gale Crater 's floor. Near the center of the image is Peace Vallis, an ancient ...