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

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 idea of where to look.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA has found potential signs of life on Mars, the agency said last Wednesday. Although additional scientific study is needed in ...

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 ...

NASA's Curiosity rover, which launched in 2011 from Florida, found signs of organic material that on Earth is most often produced by life.

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

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

A new study has provided compelling evidence that life from Mars could have arrived on Earth by hitching a ride on debris ejected during asteroid impacts. The research, led by scientists at Johns ...

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

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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 ...

Scientist analyzed molecules found on an ancient rock on the Red Planet Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty A new study may bring scientists one step closer to answering the question of whether ...