For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown food will be a must. It ...

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking ...

For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown food will be a must. It ...

Mar. 13, 2024 — A deeply eroded giant volcano, active from ancient through recent times and with possible remnants of glacier ice near its base, had been hiding near Mars' equator in plain sight.

The most surprising revelation from NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover—that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale Crater—has scientists scratching their heads. Living creatures produce most of ...

"The bottom line is that $11 billion is too expensive, and not returning samples until 2040 is unacceptably too long." NASA is looking for a new way to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth.

Scientists believe life arose in a primordial soup of organic chemicals and biomolecules on early Earth—some of which may ...

Jérémie Périn takes to another planet for 'Mars Express,' whose weighty ideas and sleek hand-drawn animation make for a ...

Apr. 25, 2024 — A newly developed nanomaterial that mimics the behavior of proteins could be an effective tool for treating Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative ... A Chemical Mystery Solved ...

While we earthlings prepare for a rare total solar eclipse that will pass over North America, Mars had one of its own earlier this year. A timelapse of photos taken by NASA's Perseverance rover ...

The crops were grown in simulated Martian regolith - soil with no organic matter - developed by NASA researchers that is a near-perfect physical and chemical match to real Martian soil.