These compounds are similar to fatty acids, which on Earth are most often produced by living things. A new study concluded that non-biological processes, like meteorites crashing into Mars, alone ...

Last year, NASA’s Curiosity rover made a fascinating discovery after boring into a suspected ancient lake bed on Mars: long-chain organic molecules, called alkanes, that could serve as a potential ...

It's an age-old debate in space circles: Should humanity's first city on another world be built on the moon, or on Mars? As recently as last year, SpaceX founder Elon Musk saw missions to the moon as ...

The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it would extend its Mars probe mission, now in its fifth year, for an additional three, underlining the oil-rich state's space ambitions. The UAE's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find. Nearly a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and Blue Origin are planning to launch the ESCAPADE mission, where a pair of satellites will study Mars' magnetosphere. ESCAPADE will eventually help future ...

NASA's Curiosity rover found organic compounds on Mars that are often produced by living things on Earth. A new study concluded that non-biological processes alone cannot explain the presence of these ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — In the end, poor weather forced Blue Origin on Sunday to scrub its second launch of its New Glenn rocket. It was supposed to send up NASA’s ESCAPADE mission, which ...

Mars’ moons are easily visible at night from the surface of the Red Planet. Phobos – the nearer, larger, and brighter of the two – would be obviously non-round. A sharp-eyed observer would be able to ...

While 'Iron Sky' told a “story of Nazis hiding on the dark side of the Moon,” the new films “shift the battleground to Mars, where the Red Menace is alive and well.” By Scott Roxborough, Patrick ...

Scientist analyzed molecules found on an ancient rock on the Red Planet Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty A new study may bring scientists one step closer to answering the question of whether ...