SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested on a Wednesday episode of Senator Ted Cruz 's podcast that while humans may not find living ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

In “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire,” Gee examines the many reasons why the human race finds itself in multiple ...

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

A new method to detect life in ancient rocks could help analyze Mars samples and determine if life once existed on the red ...

Mars might hold enough subsurface water to cover its surface in a global ocean between 0.62 to 1.24 miles (1 to 2 kilometers) ...

Their discovery showed that even tucked away in our innards – in the walls of our stomachs, subjected to vinegar-like pH ...

Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, again raising the possibility of microbial life.

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to ...

Scientists have discovered kaolinite mineral on Mars, providing new evidence that the planet was once warm and wet.