For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has revolved around a key question: What molecules should scientists be looking ...

We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines a very different kind of solar system that could harbor life-forms we haven ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered more building blocks of life on Mars after carrying out a chemistry experiment never before conducted on another planet, scientists said Tuesday. The organic ...

Curiosity, which is exploring Gale Crater, conducted a chemistry experiment on a rock sample that revealed complex carbon ...

Scientists say amino acids produced by life are distributed differently and more diversely than amino acids produced by ...

A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid is swinging past Mars for a gravity boost. The Psyche spacecraft will slingshot past the red planet at more than 12,000 mph Friday.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has uncovered a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth. The findings, which come ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed "Mary Anning" after a 19th century English paleontologist. This was the site of the chemical experiment uncovering diverse organic ...

Dominic has a degree from the University of Winchester in film production and is currently studying for his second degree in biology at the Open University. Dominic has a degree from the University of ...

From lava tubes on Mars to ice pockets on Europa, subterranean environments may offer the best chance of finding life—and living safely—beyond our planet. “I was like, ‘OK, I'm pretty sure that ...