Ever since humans gazed at the night sky, we’ve been drawn to that tiny reddish dot hovering above. Mars has captivated our ...

A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly in pure water ice than they do in mixed soil samples. Ancient microbes, or ...

Hints of ancient microbes in Martian rocks and a revived theory about our cosmic ancestry are forcing scientists to rethink where the story of life really began. Instead of a warm little pond on early ...

NASA's Perseverance robot, depicted here landing on the Martian dunes, used its cutting-edge cameras to image what could be the first evidence of life ever detected on Mars, opening the possibility ...

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 ...

The Holocaust happened. George Washington was the first president of the United States. Vaccines do not cause autism. Climate change is real. The earth is round. There is no life on the moon. The 2020 ...

Recent findings have brought us closer than we’ve ever been to confirming life beyond the Earth. As we wait for confirmation or otherwise, let’s think about what this will tell us about life ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, ...

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