Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes his research into extremophiles in the Atacama could help NASA re-assess its search for ...

Curiosity has just finished the latest leg of its 12-year Mars mission and will now set out to explore miles of web-like ...

The Acidalia Planitia region of the Red Planet might have all the requirements for methane-burping bacteria to exist beneath ...

The essential ingredient for life, water, appeared on both planets around 4.4 billion years ago, new research indicates.

When Vikings landed on Lindisfarne’s shores in 793, slaughtering the local English populace and pillaging the monastery of ...

"The emerging picture is that early Mars and Earth had something in common – both were wet. It is known from analysis of the ...

Was Mars just like Earth billions of years ago? A new study is making a very compelling case that our Martian neighbor may ...

Scientists analyzing the 'Black Beauty' meteorite have discovered a zircon grain that hints at hydrothermal systems on early ...

A zircon crystal from a Martian meteorite unlocks secrets of a water-rich, dynamic Mars 4.45 billion years ago.

Curtin University scientists discover 4.45-billion-year-old evidence of water activity on Mars, hinting at early habitability ...

New research has uncovered what may be the oldest direct evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars, revealing the planet may have been habitable at some point in its past.