Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

Dark “slope streaks,” likely resulting from dust avalanches, stretch across an area of Mars called Acheron Fossae in this ...

Fantasizing about life on Mars is more escapism than solution; this article breaks down the real reasons we should stop looking to the stars and start fixing what’s right here on Earth.

A warm afternoon on ancient Mars lasted about as long as a Silicon Valley internship. That is the sobering conclusion of a ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

Humanity is far from colonizing Mars, but that’s not stopping a group of space enthusiasts from practicing anyway. CNBC ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

We might be looking for life on Mars in the wrong place, scientists suggest. Extraterrestrial life is more likely to be lurking in Mars' ice than on its rocky surface, according to a new paper in ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI ...

Researchers are developing bioplastic bubbles from algae that could grow, repair, and protect habitats on Mars without ...

Life on Mars may have been found — before it was accidentally destroyed during a NASA mission nearly 50 years ago, one scientist has suggested. In 1975, just six years after Apollo 11 touched ...

So, apart from Mars, the search for other forms of life is focused on satellites, especially those orbiting Jupiter and Saturn.