Scientists study whether Aspergillus calidoustus could survive Mars-like conditions, raising new concerns about microbes in ...

Mars has shone red in the night sky for as long as humans have gazed up at the cosmos, fascinating people from the ancient Romans to the present day. "The fundamental question of why Mars is red has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last week, the Trump administration released a presidential budget request that would cancel almost all NASA science missions in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University has bestowed the 2024 Herbert Newby McCoy Award to Roger Wiens, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences in the College of Science. The award is ...

Was Mars a friendly planet for water, even life, in its ancient past? Huge channel networks run across its surface. Rocks show signs of water immersion. Yet pictures sent back from NASA's Curiosity ...

Researchers have identified specific materials, including certain plastics, rubber, and synthetic fibers, as well as Martian soil (regolith), which would effectively protect astronauts by blocking ...

NASA’s Perseverance Rover has made a groundbreaking discovery of potential biosignatures in Martian rocks within the Jezero Crater, offering the most convincing evidence yet of past life on Mars.

Dust storms on Mars were first observed by an astronomer using a telescope in 1796, according to NASA — and yet today, the powerful storms that can engulf the entire planet are still a mystery. To ...