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

Scientists are confident Mars was once abundant with water, as seen in massive flood-carved channels, ancient river valleys, ...

The samples were collected by the 'Sample Analysis at Mars' (SAM ... their success paves the way for future missions in search of signs of complex, life-like chemistry.

Scientists suggest future Mars exploration should focus on ... while NASA’s Perseverance found evidence of ancient life on Mars. The Europa Clipper launched to investigate subsurface oceans ...

Chains of up to a dozen carbon atoms have been detected in what appears to have been an ancient lakebed on Mars, contributing ...

The billionaire SpaceX owner and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head laid out his ambitious goals for human life on the Red Planet during an interview with Senator Ted Cruz and Ben ...

Scientists found the longest organic molecules ever on Mars — ancient carbon chains that resemble the building blocks of life ...

Toxic dust on Mars would make a future mission to the red planet extremely ... iron oxides contained in Martian dust could have life-threatening effects on members of a potential Mars mission ...

No stone unturned The Curiosity Rover arrived on Mars in 2012 at the Gale Crater, a massive 96-mile-wide (154 km-wide) impact crater formed by the planet's collision with an ancient meteorite. In ...

If life exists on other planets, it needs to be adaptable to extreme environments. To get a clue of what it might look like, we can turn to a surprising place: the human gut.