A Ph.D. student and his supervisor have developed a simple way to test for active life on Mars and other planets using equipment already on the Mars Curiosity rover and planned for future use on the ...

Scientists have a new way to detect signs of life on Mars through an already-existing instrument called a gas ...

Earlier this year, astronomers reported possible evidence of life on another planet – but new observations from JWST suggest ...

Signs of life on K2-18 b are revisited as a new NASA-led study finds no conclusive evidence for dimethyl sulfide, tempering earlier reports.

Archaeologists believe survivors were joined by others looking for a place to settle and hoping to find valuable items left ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting environments for long stretches in the ancient past, a new study suggests.