Astrobiologists say we could find evidence of microbial life within the next 10–20 years. What does that mean? Where are we ...

Turns out evidence of alien life might well have been discovered much closer to home.

As next-generation telescopes map this outer frontier, astronomers are bracing for discoveries that could reveal hidden planets, strange structures, and clues to the solar system’s chaotic youth.

Scientists believe these rocks were formed by ancient rainfall, similar to how they form in tropical climates on Earth. The discovery adds to the evidence that Mars may have once been a habitable ...

Bright white rocks spotted by NASA’s Perseverance rover are rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient Mars. These aluminum-rich clays, called kaolinite, usually form on Earth only after millions ...

Scientists have long suspected that Mars was once teeming with water, a tropical oasis with vast river systems that may have been able to support life billions of years ago. To get a better picture of ...

Larry Fink, president and CEO of investment firm BlackRock, interviewed Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX at the World Economic forum in Davos, Switzerland this week. They spoke about everything from ...

Nilton O. Rennó receives funding from NASA, JPL, DARPA, and IARPA. Mars is a very dry planet with very little water in its atmosphere and hardly any clouds, so you might not expect it to have storms.

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