Could microbes endure just beneath the surface of Mars, in exposed layers of dusty ice? Scientists say such places are worth checking out.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured imagery of water ice on gullies, which could form shallow pools. They may be good ...

Kononenko, along with his countryman Nikolai Chub, and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, departed for terra firma later that day aboard a Soyuz MS-25 crew capsule, landing in Kazakhstan. Williams ...

The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this false-color image (right) of the resulting runoff and floodwater on September 10, 2024.

This 2014 satellite photo shows a cloud of haze sitting in the Kashmir Valley in the Himalayas. The ethereal "lake" consists ...

While actual evidence for life on Mars has never been found, a new NASA study proposes microbes could find a potential home ...

Want to understand how interconnected our planet is—how patterns and events in one place can affect life half a world away?

Researchers think meltwater beneath Martian ice could support microbial life. While actual evidence for life on Mars has ...

Scientists have been searching for life on the red planet for decades, and now they're honing their sights on a series of ...

Only 12 percent of US adults think returning astronauts to the surface of the moon should be NASA’s No. 1 priortiy, according ...