Are we alone in the universe? This must be the deepest question in human history. Since its creation, NASA and other space ...

All evidence points to Mars having had a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere billions of years ago, but insufficient carbonates in Martian soil challenge this theory. Now, a new study using data from ...

Landing on Mars is only the beginning of the nightmare. This video explores why the red planet is a toxic, frozen desert where every breath of air and drop of water must be manufactured. We expose the ...

Doctoral student and soil scientist Harrison Coker tests plant growth in microgravity aboard the International Space Station.

NASA’s Mars rover Spirit, lodged in Martian soil that is causing traction trouble, is taking advantage of the situation by learning more about the Red Planet’s environmental history. In April, Spirit ...

Though seemingly an ordinary space rock, this rock, named Phippsaksla, belongs to some other planet in the solar system. Or ...

A new interpretation of data from NASA’s Viking landers indicates that 0.1% of the Martian soil tested could have a biological origin. Dr Joop Houtkooper of the University of Giessen, Germany, ...

Commentary: If there’s no Mars McDonald’s, then it probably stands to reason that there’s no life on Mars. At that point, what would aliens visit for?

When a dust devil passed over NASA’s Perseverance rover in 2021, scientists expected to hear the hiss of sand and the rush of ...

Mars may have once been a paradise with Earth-like oceans and balmy beaches that would have been ideal for harboring living organisms, according to a new study. An international team of researchers ...

The name Periyar has been chosen for the lone Martian valley located along the southern region of the Krishnan crater.

You know how smug tourists like to talk about how climbing volcanoes in Hawaii is out of this world? Turns out they're sort of right. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is finally starting to get some ...