NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...

NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance ...

Dozens of samples collected from missions on Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be returned as ...

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...

Researchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over from ancient volcanic ...

Center have been awarded a three-year, $480,000 grant under the NASA Exoplanets Research Program to search for radio and laser signals from alien civilizations. The project is led by Pinchen Fan, a ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...

New research underscores the physics of potential oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus where aliens could hide ...

Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample ...

NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance these samples contain evidence of alien life. When you purchase through ...

NASA scrapped its $11 billion plan to return samples from Mars to Earth by 2040. It now has not one but two new options to choose from — both are faster and cheaper. The samples could return as soon ...