After NASA announced it had found potential evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars, imagery supposedly released by the US ...

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NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...

Although humans have explored the Moon and sent probes to Mars and Venus, terraforming any of them with today’s technology ...

Scientists have been searching for radio signals from hypothetical alien civilizations using radio telescopes for decades.

Mars' distinctive red color comes from the mineral ferrihydrite, which only forms in the presence of cool water, a new study claims. Ferrihydrite also forms at a lower temperature than other minerals ...

Research led by NASA suggests a habitable past on Mars based on the discovery of minerals in Martian rocks associated with life on Earth. A core component of NASA’s Mars mission, the Perseverance ...

IMAGE: This conceptual image reveals what the Kasei Valles region on Mars may have looked like three billion years ago. White areas are glaciers and blue represents ocean. CREDIT: F. Schmidt/NASA/USGS ...

"We have found a habitable environment," said John Grotzinger, project scientist for the Curiosity mission. "The water that was here was so benign and supportive of life that if a ...

A recent study has claimed that Mars is red in color due to ferrihydrite, an iron oxide mineral that's left over from liquid water. This finding suggests that the Red Planet could've had a cold and ...

A new analysis of chemical signatures measured by NASA's Curiosity Rover gives a peek at Mars's past to a time some 3.7 ...