New discoveries by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover may not only explain why the Red Planet is a dry, lifeless desert, but that it ...

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

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

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

UCF Professor Ramses Ramirez believes human exploration can greatly accelerate the search for life. "A human can react ...

A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

What can the climate history of Mars teach scientists about whether the Red Planet once had the ingredients for life as we ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.