When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

Humans could have come from Mars, scientists have said. A study by Johns Hopkins University has found that alien microbes ...

Scientific research examines whether Mars could support human life through terraforming, outlining atmospheric, temperature, and energy requirements needed to transform the planet into a habitable ...

Martians might really exist… In the future. But instead of the aliens of sci-fi movies, martians would be humans born and raised on Mars. Why would your skin be orange? Would you be a different ...

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are positing that Mars’ ultra-thick water ice deposits, which hold dark dust and snow drifts from past ice ages, could be key in discovering some form ...

A new NASA analysis concludes that it is "reasonable to hypothesize" that living things could have formed the odd organic ...

Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific Reports. Treating simulated lunar soil with both symbiotic fungi and ...

A new study shows how simulated Mars dust affects tardigrades, offering insight into space farming and contamination risks.

"Life might actually survive being ejected from one planet and moving to another." ...