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

Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after ...

Scientists have detected tiny lightning bolts on Mars for the first time — they were found discharging around NASA's ...

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

It’s a huge step back in our search for alien life.

NASA has unveiled a series of new discoveries that make the possibility of alien life elsewhere in the universe more ...

NASA's Perseverance rover found rocks on Mars that on Earth usually form in tropical environments. That Mars once hosted ...

"I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." ...

Retired astronaut and current Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) celebrated NASA ’s “pretty exciting” announcement on Thursday after ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

One of the clean rooms where scientists discovered T. phoenicis for the first time was during preparations for NASA’s Phoenix ...

The countdown to discovering alien life may have already begun. With new telescopes scanning distant worlds in unprecedented ...