DNA analysis has revealed that 26 novel species of "extremophile" bacteria were lurking in a clean room that housed NASA's ...

Today the Martian surface is hostile to life as we know it, but as this scientific story goes, Mars may have once hosted a rich abundance of microbes. Residing in the planet’s briny underworld ...

The presidential budget suggests trashing science missions in favor of colonizing Mars. A new study argues that research must ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown strain of microbe after analyzing samples taken from China's Tiangong space ...

In a new paper, a group of planetary scientists, biologists, and engineers make the case for treating Mars as the ultimate ...

In a surprising discovery, scientists found 26 new bacteria species thriving in NASA's spacecraft clean rooms, designed to prevent contamination on Mars missions. These resilient extremophiles ...

Discovering antibiotic-producing bacteria in hot springs, like those in India, offers hope in the fight against antimicrobial ...

A new study debates the complex ethical questions that must be considered if we're to terraform Mars and lays the blueprint ...

Thirty years ago, terraforming Mars wasn’t just hard — it was impossible,” said Erika DeBenedictis, CEO of Pioneer Labs. Now, ...

A team of researchers with a variety of backgrounds and affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has taken a ...

A new study argues that Mars could act as a testing ground for habitat restoration, with lessons learned helping to fight ...