Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching ...

You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent roughly six months exploring a geological feature on Mars known as boxwork: a vast network of low rock ridges, about 3–6 feet (1–2 meters) tall, crisscrossing the ...

While aliens in science fiction hop between planets on vast spaceships, scientists say real-life extraterrestrials might take ...

Gypsum is a soft, translucent sulfate mineral that allows just enough light to penetrate for photosynthetic organisms to ...

America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across ...

Aliens exist – they just haven't visited Earth, a NASA veteran has claimed. Dr Gentry Lee has worked at the US space agency ...

Astrobiologists say we could find evidence of microbial life within the next 10–20 years. What does that mean? Where are we looking? Projects, chronology, explained ...

United States President Donald Trump says he’ll release government files relating to alien and extraterrestrial life.

Life on Earth may not have started here at all. A scientist says alien intervention is unlikely but still possible, reshaping ...