Ever since humans gazed at the night sky, we’ve been drawn to that tiny reddish dot hovering above. Mars has captivated our imagination for generations, sparking countless questions about whether we ...

LIGHTHAVEN, ONE kilometre down Telegraph Avenue from the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, is a rambling conference facility which dedicates itself to “hosting events and programmes ...

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We've discovered a lot of strange things on Mars, but thus far, conclusive proof of life on the red planet has eluded us. Now, however, NASA has come as close as it ever has to confirming that Mars ...

The Perseverance rover's discovery of a potential biosignature found on a sedimentary rock on Mars is an exciting development in our search for life elsewhere in the universe, but how does it rank ...

The search for life on Mars dates back about five decades, and a Sept. 10 announcement marks perhaps the most dramatic advancement yet. The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential ...

They’re not completely sure. They never are. But this time, they’re pretty sure. Or, at the very least, sure enough to alert the media. Scientists monitoring the Perseverance Mars rover mission have ...

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MARS, Pa. (AP) — For two years, the NASA robot rover Curiosity will roam the fourth planet from the sun, seeking closure to a mystery that has long captivated the human race — the question of whether ...

Is there life on other planets? It's one of the enduring questions of our lifetime, and space agencies like NASA are closer than ever to definitively figuring out what -- if anything -- thrives beyond ...