Trump aims to send a crew to Mars by the end of his term, which Musk calls 'doable.' Astronauts question the time frame but said a flight would soon be possible ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed ...

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that certain lichen species can survive Mars-like conditions, including ...

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of the chemical building blocks of life.

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Mars may look like a dry and dusty world, but just beneath its surface lies one of the most surprising discoveries in ...

In his lecture, Levine noted, the United States is planning a human mission to Mars that may begin as early as 2035. The ...

Given that microbes helped make Earth habitable, we could use synthetic biology to engineer microbes to speed up a similar ...

For more than a decade, a robotic explorer has been traveling across Mars, quietly collecting clues about a time when the Red ...

Curiosity found large organic molecules in a 2013 Mars rock sample. These fragments suggest Mars had the right chemistry for ...

Toxic dust on Mars would make a future mission to the red planet extremely hazardous for astronauts and require significant ...

THE UK has completed the build of its first-ever Mars rover, designed to search for signs of alien life on the Red Planet in 2030. It is a landmark feat for the UK, and will be the first ...