When liquid water still existed on Mars, it carried dissolved minerals into rock cracks, NASA said. Once the liquid dried, it ...

Alien hunting Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb continues to rail against the idea that our newest interstellar is merely a comet.

Astronomers are adopting new strategies in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. A study in Monthly Notices of the ...

DAKAR, Senegal — It’s the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth — a 54-pound (25-kilogram) meteorite that fetched more than $5 million at a New York auction last month, setting a world record.

It's 10 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, the library has just opened, and Cherie Willis is already having a good time.

Could humans be heading to Mars in the 2030s? Here's how Elon Musk and SpaceX plan to launch Starship on a mission to colonize the Red Planet.

For more than 20 years, ESA's Mars Express orbiter has been imaging the surface of the Red Planet. One region continues to fascinate the Mars Express team: Acheron Fossae.

Artifacts offer a window into the past, giving us information about people and cultures that existed centuries to millennia ago. From hoards of gold coins found hidden beneath floorboards to ...

Mars cannot be explored from a single base using slow moving ground vehicles with limited range. To explore Mars competently, we need worldwide access and the ability to travel rapidly across ...

Ancient 2,000-year-old artifacts were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria, Egypt, possibly from the sunken city of Canopus.

Why Niger is investigating the $5-million sale of the largest Mars rock found on Earth A Martian meteorite, said to be the largest piece of Mars on Earth, at Sotheby’s in New York in July.

Recent planetary missions show that Martian galciers may contain up to 80% ice, proving that water on Mars may not be as far-fetched as we all imagined.