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

A metallic-looking rock sitting on the Martian surface has jolted a mission that was already rewriting what we know about the ...

NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven ...

American space agency NASA said the Perseverance rover is good to go on Mars until at least 2031, both hardware and software ...

We could be one step closer to proving alien existence. In 1996, a group of NASA scientists made a stunning announcement: The discovery of what appeared to be bacterial fossils on Mars. President Bill ...

Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

These noctilucent clouds, reflecting light from the sun after sunset, have been visible in Martian skies for the past four fall seasons. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS A rover got a new view of ...

Until now, scientists believed that Mars’ skylights – pits in the surface of mars – were formed by volcanic activity. But ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The discovery is one of the most significant findings in the search for ...

An alien doorway on Mars, as captured by Mast Camera (Mastcam) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3466 (image courtesy NASA) Scientists and David Bowie have all famously wondered if there is ...

Mars was once home not only to an ocean but "vacation-style" beaches with sun, sand and softly lapping waves, new findings suggest. Researchers now believe that the planet was covered in a huge ocean ...