DNA analysis has revealed that 26 novel species of "extremophile" bacteria were lurking in a clean room that housed NASA's ...

"The Krokodillen rocks formed before Jezero Crater was created, during Mars' earliest geologic period, the Noachian, and are ...

A new study casts doubt on a phenomenon that was previously believed to show water flowing on the surface of Mars. Since the ...

F irst identified in the 1970s by NASA's Viking mission, long, dark markings snake down Martian slopes, sometimes stretching ...

A new study reveals Mars’s missing water may have slowly seeped underground, becoming trapped in ancient aquifers beneath the surface.

Beneath Mars’ barren crust, scientists may have found a hidden oasis—liquid water, deep below, waiting to reshape our view of ...

By studying the rock and other materials blasted out of a crater in an impact, planetary scientists say they were able to ...

For years, researchers have pictured strange dark streaks running across the dusty Martian surface, with some thinking that ...

A camera built at Arizona State University is on its way to check for signs of life above Jupiter, but it detoured to Mars ...

China is seeking payload proposals for its Mars sample return mission and inviting overseas researchers to participate. The ...

Planetary scientists concluded that dark streaks spotted on the surface of Mars didn't have anything to do with flowing water ...

JWST uncovers unexpected behavior in polar lights on Jupiter, while a Mars rover captures the first image of an aurora.