Eight "skylights" may be entrances to underground spaces where evidence of ancient microbial organisms could be found. The ...

Mars, the Red Planet, has long captured our imagination as a possible home for life. Recently, a team of scientists uncovered a groundbreaking discovery: caves on Mars formed by water, potentially ...

Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central ...

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the latest in an endless cycle of tantalizing hints followed by pleas ...

NASA's Perseverance robot, depicted here landing on the Martian dunes, used its cutting-edge cameras to image what could be the first evidence of life ever detected on Mars, opening the possibility ...

Agency says it may have found signs of life on the Red Planet Mars during a press conference about comet 3I/ATLAS ...

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The study showed that Enceldus’ conditions hold the most promise for sustaining life. The research team predicts that the ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In the late 1800s Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli pointed a telescope at Mars ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has made another strange discovery. While investigating the Vernodden area of Jezero Crater – ...