When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good ...

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months exploring the site to investigate if they are a clue to the presence of water.

NASA's Curiosity rover discovered strange mineral nodules on massive spiderweb formations on Mars.

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

Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...

NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Dr. Nicola Fox explains an intriguing rock that the Perseverance rover inspected named "Cheyava Falls." Credit: NASA ...

A new NASA analysis concludes that it is "reasonable to hypothesize" that living things could have formed the odd organic ...

The existence of life for a prolonged period is the possibility that is driving this deep exploration mission on Mars. What ...

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

Scientist analyzed molecules found on an ancient rock on the Red Planet Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty A new study may bring scientists one step closer to answering the question of whether ...