Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Viking landers were the first spacecraft to successfully touch down on the surface of Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP Finding ...

A new study suggests that long-chain organic molecules discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars are difficult to explain using known non-biological processes alone, though researchers stop short ...

NASA’s search for life beyond Earth is no longer a distant dream but a coordinated campaign that now stretches from Martian rocks to interstellar visitors. Instead of chasing flying saucers, ...

In June, 2024, Perseverance, a NASA rover sent to collect samples on the surface of Mars, came upon a cluster of rocks in what is thought to be a former riverbed. Most of the rocks were identified as ...

If life exists elsewhere in the universe, researchers at the University of Washington are finding the clues on Earth to help ...