Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes his research into extremophiles in the Atacama could help NASA re-assess its search for ...

The essential ingredient for life, water, appeared on both planets around 4.4 billion years ago, new research indicates.

For decades, scientists have posited that to find life on Mars they first need to find water. And in the absence of water, ...

The Acidalia Planitia region of the Red Planet might have all the requirements for methane-burping bacteria to exist beneath ...

"The experiments performed by NASA's Viking landers may have accidentally killed Martian life by applying too much water," ...

Was Mars just like Earth billions of years ago? A new study is making a very compelling case that our Martian neighbor may ...

Scientists have found what seems to be the oldest direct evidence of hot water flowing on Mars during its ancient past. The ...

The Viking 1 mission ended in November 1982 after a faulty command triggered a loss of contact. In the time since NASA hasn’t ended its search for life on the Red Planet. Studies by the space agency ...

In 2011, the United States launched an Atlas V rocket to look for life on Mars. Aboard was the rover Curiosity, which would ...

NASA's Viking missions to Mars may have inadvertently eliminated Martian life. The missions used water in experiments to ...

Life on Mars may have been found — before it was accidentally destroyed during a NASA mission nearly 50 years ago, one ...

You might have heard about plans to establish a self‑sustaining city on Mars. Here’s what life would really be like on the ...