As NASA and SpaceX pivot toward speeding astronauts to Mars, U.S. scientists are testing technologies that could transform ...

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A decade after the release of "The Martian" and a decade out from the world it envisions, how close is reality to fiction?

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In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

Andy Weir's bestselling story "The Martian" predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has reached a scientifically thrilling region on Mars called Krokodillen, where some of the ...

DNA analysis has revealed that 26 novel species of "extremophile" bacteria were lurking in a clean room that housed NASA's ...

Scientists have discovered unknown bacteria that have never been seen on Earth living inside a cabin on China 's Tiangong ...

A ghostly Martian moonrise, starlit skies, and a mission chasing life’s traces—Perseverance captures more than just images.

Elon Musk's SpaceX and NASA are reportedly striving to send humans to Mars, but the journey has experienced several ...