The key to solving the mystery of the Viking results is the discovery of perchlorate on the Martian surface in 2008.

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

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the third in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...

"The universe is a pretty big place. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space," goes a line from the 1997 film "Contact." In the movie, Jodie Foster plays Dr. Ellie Arroway, a radio ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Even in the cold, airless regions between stars, cosmic dust grains can help stitch amino ...

Life-space mobility, a measure that delineates the spatial extent, frequency and independence of an individual’s movement in everyday life, is increasingly recognised as fundamental to maintaining ...

Sulfur, the big S that sits below oxygen in the periodic table, holds clues to one of the greatest questions, the mystery of how exactly life originated on Earth. It is one of the key ingredients in ...

The Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft on Launch Pad 39B at after rollout from the VAB. ‘On its launch pad!’ NASA Artemis II moon rocket completes rollout Read full article: ...

Deep in the dark spaces between stars, astronomers have spotted a sulfur-bearing ring that should not be there, at least not according to the tidy chemistry sets many of us learned in school. The ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Episode 177 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Michael Tice ...

A new study suggests Jupiter's moon Europa may lack the underwater geologic activity necessary to support life. Scientists have long considered Europa a promising place to search for life due to its ...