Experiments show that biomolecules trapped in pure ice could withstand the harsh radiation of Mars for tens of millions of ...

Humanity’s plans to eventually colonise Mars have been given a major boost after scientists made a huge discovery. Both NASA ...

Right now there is no conclusive evidence of life on Mars past or present. Nasa’s “leopard spots” are the most promising ...

When the researchers tested mutant yeast strains that couldn’t form these protective structures, those cells struggled to ...

Life on Mars sounds like something from a "Doctor Who" episode. But a study published in the International Journal of Astrobiology challenges the science fiction notion of that idea. The research ...

The findings may redefine the known boundaries of life on Earth and offer a model for what microbial life might look like on ...

Any life on Mars in the past, present, or future would have to contend with challenging conditions including, among others, ...

'We want to begin to learn how to live away from the Earth.' As NASA prepares to put astronauts on the moon in the next few years, the agency is thinking about "how to live and operate away from the ...

The Perseverance team has been gathering samples from Sapphire Canyon in the hope of eventually returning fragments of the ...

For this week’s Fault Lines column, Jon Allsop is filling in for Jay Caspian Kang. In 1877, Giovanni Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer (and uncle of the fashion icon Elsa), started making a map of ...