In a new paper, a group of planetary scientists, biologists, and engineers make the case for treating Mars as the ultimate ...

“We see this on Earth—although it’s very difficult to study directly … Could something similar be happening in the subsurface of Mars?” If microbes are there, they’re buried too deeply ...

The authors also noted why colonising Mars would not be good for science. Lanza pointed out that terraforming Mars will ...

Accidental contamination shows how even NASA missions can send resilient Earth microbes to other planets, risking false ...

As NASA rolls out more powerful telescopes in the future, scientists will need a way to determine where to point them. A new ...

A new study debates the complex ethical questions that must be considered if we're to terraform Mars and lays the blueprint ...

Our exploration of the cosmos has great potential for understanding life on Earth, but it is clear that we need to think ...

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.

In the distance, a twisting plume of red dust - what scientists call a dust devil - spiraled across the landscape near the ...

A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds ...

A new study posits that dark streaks originally believed to be signs of water on Mars' surface might not be that at all.

Scientists have discovered a new bacteria species called niallia tiangongensis aboard China's Tiangong space station.