From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

NASA has discovered strong evidence for ancient life on Mars, a potentially groundbreaking finding for humanity. In this ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Scientists will gather today to debate where NASA should next land on Mars, as the American space agency prepares a new mission in its search for life on the Red Planet. The debate comes as NASA is ...

SCIENTISTS are set to make a major decision about the search for alien life on Mars as NASA prepares for a critical mission to the Red Planet. NASA will hear from astronomers, researchers and space ...

The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built – a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers – was launched for the red planet on Thursday, part of an ambitious, ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

Mars. From forming black holes to phantom dark energy, discover the cosmic mysteries astronomers uncovered last year.

Elon Musk unveiled SpaceX’s plan for humans to colonise Mars by 2022. The idea is to load 100 people into a spaceship just smaller than the Washington Monument, blast them to the Red Planet in a ...

Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and a well-known BBC presenter, believes scientists will make a ...

New laboratory studies could shed light on a rock containing potential signs of alien life that’s stranded on Mars ...