Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Nearly half of Mars dust consists of silica, which on Earth is known to cause silicosis, an incurable lung disease that progressively scars lung tissue. The Martian silica particles measure about 3 ...

"Successfully growing edible mushrooms in space represents a significant milestone for space exploration and sustainable nutrition." ...

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

Because salt has been detected on Mars, it is likely that Martian mudflows are also salty, much like Earth’s mud volcanoes, ...

Furthermore, the findings bolster the theory that the moon formed when a giant, Mars -size protoplanet slammed into the young ...

Credit: NASA This finding bodes well for plans to bring samples from Mars to Earth to analyze them with the most sophisticated instruments available here, the scientists say. "Our study proves ...

After taking another peek at the "city-killer" asteroid that once had a small but uncomfortable chance of smashing into our ...

Dr Brandenburg also argued that Mars once had an Earth-like climate home to animal ... He said they, "they seemed like they were maybe three times the size of the Great Pyramid in Giza".' ...

could exhibit features similar to the fatty acids produced on Earth by biological activity. The lack of geological activity and the cold, arid climate on Mars have helped preserve this invaluable ...