Explore the dramatic rock formations of Valle de la Luna in the Atacama Desert, Chile—an alien landscape that earned its lunar name.

Did scientists just find Aliens?

The solar storm slammed the Earth on May 11, 2024, proving to be the biggest recorded on our planet for over 20 years. It generated bright auroras, usually restricted to our plane ...

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

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

You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your TV screen and wondering: Could something have lived there once? Now, after ...

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent roughly six months exploring a geological feature on Mars known as boxwork: a vast network of low rock ridges, about 3–6 feet (1–2 meters) tall, crisscrossing the ...

This low-angle self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called “Buckskin” on lower Mount Sharp.

A rare ancient document from Sudan confirms the historical existence of King Qashqash, a Nubian ruler once known only from ...

"In lunar and Martian outposts, organic wastes will be key to generating healthy, productive soils," said study leader ...

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.