Curiosity has discovered many small structures like this one, formed billions of years ago, when water was still liquid on ...

Synthetic biology offers a toolkit to engineer microbes capable of surviving in outer space and for biomanufacturing ...

Thirteen years after landing on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover is running smarter and more efficiently than ever. With new ...

Scientists tested autonomous robots in a Spanish lava cave to prepare for Mars and moon exploration of underground lava tubes.

Mars still holds the promise of being one of the first places in the solar system humanity will colonize. However, if there ...

Yet, despite using the JWST's sensitive Near-Infrared Spectrometer, or NIRSpec, astronomers led by Piaulet-Ghorayeb found no ...

Photophoresis occurs when gas molecules bounce more forcefully off the warm side of an object than the cool side, creating ...

This team of three robots are designed to survey and enter lava tubes, not just on Earth but on Mars and other planets as well. What kind of capabilities do they have that make the perfect team?

Scientists have found tiny crystal worlds teeming with life at the Great Salt Lake — a discovery that could reveal how ...

A large Martian meteorite found in Niger recently sold at auction. Now, the country is investigating the legality of its ...

The mineral suggests Mars may have been active for longer than we thought, with potential implications for life on the Red ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has added to its trove of curious finds, as the space agency published a photo of a rock on the surface of Mars that looks like a centuries-old helmet. The rock has a pointed ...