Life on Mars sounds like something from a "Doctor Who" episode. But a study published in the International Journal of Astrobiology challenges the science fiction notion of that idea. The research ...

Louis Friedman is co-founder and former executive director of the Planetary Society. The three big questions about life — What is life? How did life originate? Is there extraterrestrial life? (Are we ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute who explains why the Red Planet may hold answers about ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The idea of Mars being host to extraterrestrial life, either currently ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on July 23, 2024, the 1,218th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. To the left of the rover near the center of the image is the arrowhead-shaped rock ...

Mars is by far the most Earth-like planet in the solar system… but that's not saying much. We know that Mars once hosted oceans, rivers, lakes, streams. It had a thick, carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere.

Recently, NASA revealed exciting details of new findings from Mars. Scientists have discovered tiny patterns of unusual minerals in the clay-rich rocks on the edge of Jezero Crater—an ancient lake ...

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ones for the first time. Researchers mapped 16 massive drainage basins ...