Nearly 800 New Mexico fifth graders showed off the Mars colonies they designed at the 32nd annual Mission to Mars event.

Ever since humans gazed at the night sky, we’ve been drawn to that tiny reddish dot hovering above. Mars has captivated our imagination for generations, sparking countless questions about whether we ...

Let’s face it – you’ve thought about it at least once. Maybe twice. Maybe you were inspired by Katy Perry’s venture out to (not really) space, or loved Dune so much you want to swap your shoebox flat ...

Recently, NASA announced that the Mars Perseverance rover has found indications that life may have at one time existed on the Red Planet. The announcement did not mark the first time the space agency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA has found potential signs of life on Mars, the agency said last Wednesday. Although additional scientific study is needed in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first astronauts to set foot on Mars should hunt for signs of past or present Red Planet life. That's the overarching ...

A mudstone sample from Jezero Crater shows textures and minerals that on Earth often form through microbial activity. Scientists caution that nonbiological processes could also explain the features, ...

What was the planet Mars like in the past? Was it a dry desolate world like the one we see today, or was it a watery oasis filled with oceans, lakes, and rushing rivers? Was it Earthlike? Dean Regas ...

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 ...

Billions of years ago, Mars’ Jezero Crater held a lake fed by rivers that could have carried minerals and maybe even organic matter. On Earth, places like that are teeming with microbial life. NOVA is ...

Searching for past or present life on Mars is the sole driving force behind every mission we send to the red planet, from orbiters to landers to rovers. However, there remains a concern in the ...

A quick start to life on Earth could mean that life could also emerge quickly on other worlds—either Earth-like planets circling other stars, or perhaps even other planets or moons in our own solar ...