Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

Fantasizing about life on Mars is more escapism than solution; this article breaks down the real reasons we should stop looking to the stars and start fixing what’s right here on Earth.

A warm afternoon on ancient Mars lasted about as long as a Silicon Valley internship. That is the sobering conclusion of a ...

Humanity is far from colonizing Mars, but that’s not stopping a group of space enthusiasts from practicing anyway. CNBC ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

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.

Life on Mars may have been found -- before it was accidentally destroyed during a prior NASA mission, one scientist has suggested. In 1975, just six years after Apollo 11 touched down on the moon ...

Researchers are developing bioplastic bubbles from algae that could grow, repair, and protect habitats on Mars without ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI ...