Evidence is mounting that the same basic chemistry that made Earth habitable is unfolding, or once unfolded, on Mars. From ...

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

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

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

HE WAS the child genius who claimed to be the reincarnation of a Martian, shocking the world with tales of spaceships, ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

Mars at sunset reveals dozens of razor-thin atmospheric layers in stunning detail, helping scientists map dust and ice patterns.

Anyone who steps onto Mars will be crossing a one-way threshold in more ways than one. The physics of getting there and back, ...

When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed our class the sci-fi movie Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. The plot drew me in with its depiction of the “Genesis Project”—a new technology ...

When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed our class the sci-fi movie “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.” The plot drew me in, with its depiction of the “Genesis Project” – a new ...

NASA lost communication with its MAVEN probe nearly a month ago, and efforts to re-establish a connection have been futile.

Venus appears in the southwestern sky at dusk, while the pair of Jupiter and Saturn rule the roost at nightfall in the southeast. Mercury is currently invisible in the sun's glare but will return for ...