NASA's Curiosity rover took this selfie at a site on Mars where it drilled a sample to search for organic molecules in ...

NASA is reserving a small amount of space on a Mars telecommunications spacecraft for science, which could be one or more ...

While scouring a 50-million-year-old crater on Mars, the Curiosity rover stumbled upon a polygon-shaped pattern that sort of ...

The organic molecules discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover could have been formed by life, but they could have also come from ...

Scientists edge closer to answering Mars’ biggest question: Did life ever exist on the red planet? Here's the latest from two ...

A fungus pulled from NASA cleanrooms kept surviving tests that were meant to mimic nearly every stage of a trip to Mars. That ...

Scientists have discovered that Aspergillus calidoustus, a fungus found in NASA clean rooms, can withstand extreme conditions simulating space travel and the Martian surface. The spores endured high ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in ...

"This experiment's never been run before on another world," said Amy Williams, an astrobiologist working on the Curiosity ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has uncovered a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered ...

Scientists say these findings will help guide future missions to Mars and other planets.

NASA announced two landmark projects: SR-1 Freedom, the first nuclear-powered spacecraft bound for Mars, and a modified Boeing 777 as its most advanced airborne Earth science lab. SR-1 Freedom will ...