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

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

Deep in the Nevada desert sits Area 51, a military facility so secret the U.S. government refused to even acknowledge it for decades. Hidden within restricted airspace and guarded by heavy security, ...

The discovery could pave the way for a breakthrough in finding life on Mars ...

We look at the growing phenomenon of notable designers embracing 3D printing for the creation of innovative new products.

Fort Rock State Natural Area in Fort Rock, Oregon, is exactly that kind of place, where the landscape looks so otherworldly you’ll keep checking to make sure you’re still in the Pacific Northwest. You ...