NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent years combing Jezero Crater for subtle traces of ancient microbes, but one of its most arresting finds is something far more blunt: a rock that simply does not ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has made a significant discovery on Mars: a meteorite, which could provide vital clues about the planet’s past and its interactions with space objects. The rover has been ...

A composite view of Mars taken by the Viking I and II probes. NASA/USGS In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

Out in the depths of space, somewhere in between Mars and Jupiter, is a newly discovered asteroid that's breaking records.

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

A nuclear reactor on the moon would solve space exploration’s current chicken-and-egg quandary: whether to build power ...

REx reveals asteroid Bennu contains life's building blocks, shedding light on Earth's origins and the potential for extraterrestrial life.

New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

Mars-like shock and chemical stress reveal ribonucleoprotein condensates as a key survival mechanism in yeast. Life on Mars, ...