Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI ...

Bruno Mars is the king of romantic R&B songs. But is he romantically involved with someone in real life, and has he tied the ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting environments for long stretches in the ancient past, a new study suggests.

Humanity is far from colonizing Mars, but that’s not stopping a group of space enthusiasts from practicing anyway. CNBC ...

NASA's Sharmila Bhattacharya anticipates humans setting foot on Mars by 2040, contingent on sustained global investment in space exploration.

Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

UCF Professor Ramses Ramirez believes human exploration can greatly accelerate the search for life. "A human can react ...

What can the climate history of Mars teach scientists about whether the Red Planet once had the ingredients for life as we ...

It's possible that Mars' moons were originally asteroids that were captured by the planet's gravitational pull. There's also ...