"These pockets of water on our planet are often teeming with simple life, including algae, fungi, and cyanobacteria," the ...

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

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 ...

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

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.

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Latin Times The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of the runoff and floodwater Sept. 10. The false-color image shows areas covered ...

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

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

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

One of the driest places on Earth is seeing a surprising burst of greenery, as heavy rainfall has led to vegetation sprouting across the typically barren Sahara Desert. NASA's satellite images ...

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