NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...

Elon Musk emphasizes that Mars is crucial for human survival, envisioning it as a backup plan against Earth's fragility. His SpaceX's Starship aims for affordable interplanetary travel, with plans for ...

Dozens of samples collected from missions on Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be returned as soon as 2035 and as late as 2039, depending on the course of the next few ...

NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...

Scientists have identified regions on Mars where conditions might support microbial life beneath the surface. Seasonal methane variations and Earth-based studies of similar environments suggest ...

He believes what he has learned could have massive implications in the search for alien life. In fact, Schulze-Makuch believes NASA may have already detected life on Mars with its Viking landers ...

The world's richest man who has long described Mars as critical to humanity's survival has an 'alien warning'. "If future aliens see us, they will say; there they had rocket and everything ...

Debris from ancient volcanic eruptions on Mars could offer new clues in the search for alien life, a new study suggests. The newly discovered rock type was found littered across the landing site ...

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Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Have you seen the weird “alien doorway” on Mars image that went viral on social media? It was sent back by NASA’s ...