Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The northern ice ap of Mars seen from space - NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Humanity has dreamed about discovering life on alien planets ...

Evidence of alien life or cosmic pyramid scheme? A documentary filmmaker sparked a discussion of advanced Martian ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover snaps a self-portrait at a site called Vera Rubin Ridge on the Martian surface in this image obtained on Friday. — Reuters TAMPA — A NASA robot has detected more building ...

A small, unassuming moss from Earth’s deserts is drawing serious attention from scientists studying life beyond our planet.

Fifty years ago, NASA’s Viking missions to Mars made groundbreaking attempts to detect life on the Red Planet. While the missions initially returned negative results, a new study published in the ...

A new study may bring scientists one step closer to answering the question of whether life ever existed on Mars Researchers analyzed a rock sample from the Red Planet and found molecules that may have ...

NASA's Curiosity rover found organic compounds on Mars that are often produced by living things on Earth. A new study concluded that non-biological processes alone cannot explain the presence of these ...

NASA photos appear to show a pyramid-like structure the same size as Giza on Mars, prompting speculation about whether an ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American We humans can now peer back into the virtual ...

The search for life on Mars has become more urgent thanks in part to probes by the two rovers now roaming Mars’ surface and another spaceship that is orbiting the planet. In recent months, they’ve ...

The northern ice ap of Mars seen from space - NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Humanity has dreamed about discovering life on alien planets for as long as we have dreamed about visiting other worlds. Since Mars ...