What if NASA finally discovers life on Mars? The implications could become one of the most important and shocking moments in ...

Just north of the Martian equator lies a 45 km (28 mi) wide impact crater that scientists believe may have been the site of an ancient lake. Here at Jezero Crater, scientists theorize that its frozen ...

A new study suggests Mars could help scientists understand how alien worlds evolve by showing how a once warmer, wetter ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has discovered never-before-seen organic compounds that may indicate there was once life on the red planet. The nuclear-powered robot uncovered a diverse mix of organic ...

Astrobiologists are raising concerns that humanity’s search for alien life may be limited by the very tools designed to find it.

NASA's Curiosity rover has photographed extraordinary spiderweb-like formations on Mars that scientists believe could hold the key to ancient life on Mars ...

Alien life could be leaving a statistical signature detectable in the molecular data already collected by spacecraft, new ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

The trick isn't to just search for biosignatures, but rather to look at how they are organized — and the Europa Clipper has an instrument for this. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...