Rovers sent to Mars have so far failed to detect life, likely because it doesn’t exist on the Red Planet. But we can’t say ...

"This movement, known as chemotaxis, could be a strong indicator of life and could guide future space missions looking for ...

To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy gathering bits of Mars — rock cores the size of chalk sticks, clusters of broken fragments no bigger than pencil erasers, and even grains of dust fine enough to ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

Footage of clouds rolling over Mars were released this week by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Is it possible that humans ...

A new chemotaxis-based method could revolutionize the search for extraterrestrial life by detecting microbes movement on Mars ...

Chemotaxis, a process for chemically inducing movement in an organism, may be a crucial tool in the search for life on Mars.

The search for alien life could be boosted by a simple new test, say scientists. They believe the movement of microbes may ...

NASA's remarkable new sample from Mars will help scientists get a better understanding of the planet's history and whether it ...

Rocks from Mars' Jezero Crater, Which Likely Predate Life on Earth, Contain Signs of ... shows that over half of the medicines stocked in space -- staples such as pain relievers, antibiotics ...

We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific ...