Space.com editor-in-chief Tariq Malik gives you a peek at the biggest piece of Mars discovered on Earth. Currently on display ...

A new study shows how simulated Mars dust affects tardigrades, offering insight into space farming and contamination risks.

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

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If I were on Mars, how often would I see Earth transit the Sun? Steven RiserConyers, Georgia From Mars, Earth transits the ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday. But a rare young dinosaur skeleton ...

For decades, scientists have debated whether Mars once had a large ocean. Images from orbiters have shown valleys, channels ...

Lightning long ago escaped the bounds of Earth’s atmosphere—scientists have already discovered lightning blazing through the skies of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune. Now they think they’ve found it on ...

Spiderweb-shaped rock patterns on Mars may rewrite the timeline of when water disappeared from the Red Planet.