Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.

Researchers show algae can grow in Mars-like atmospheric pressure conditions. If humans are ever to establish permanent ...

Curiosity stitched 291 Mastcam photos into a color-balanced 360° panorama of Gale Crater’s “boxwork” ridges—spiderweb-like ...

When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon in 1969, 600 million people watched on black-and-white televisions. Today, most of ...

State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the ...

Most animals run fairly quickly and faster than most humans. But can a robot run faster than most living beings?

Thick clay deposits on Mars hint at long-lived lakes that may have sheltered early life - and preserved clues beneath layers ...

Spotting a cockroach scuttling across your kitchen floor is pretty disgusting, and most of us would instinctively try to stamp on it before it hides somewhere we cannot reach it. It is even more ...