In an unexpected twist, NASA scientists have discovered 26 previously unknown species of bacteria—right inside one of the ...

Scientists have been arguing about the origin of strange streaks on Mars since the earliest missions to the Red Planet.

NASA's Perseverance rover is exploring a new Mars region called Krokodillen, which is thought to harbor some of the oldest and most intriguing rocks on the Red Planet.

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

The Advanced Plant Habitat, which grew the first New Mexico chile in space, is no longer available for agricultural research.

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

Astronomers recently received photographic evidence of movement on the surface of Mars. Here's how they got it.

Andy Weir's bestselling story "The Martian" predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and collaborated with the China National ...

Monday’s single-sol plan included a marathon 45-meter drive (about 148 feet), which put us in position for two full sols of ...

Can Mars become a second Earth? Explore the science, challenges, and future of terraforming Mars for human colonization.

China's Tiangong Space Station is teeming with a new species of bacteria. The discovery can have implications for future ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown strain of microbe after analyzing samples taken from China's Tiangong space station. The new microbe strain, officially named Niallia tiangongensis, was ...