A new book details the turn-of-the-century Mars craze It’s not aliens. It’s never aliens. Claims of extraterrestrial life are so common that experts now have this cheeky retort at the ready. In The ...

In an unexpected turn, NASA’s Curiosity rover has come across something truly fascinating during its Martian mission. Instead of just collecting more dust or rock, Curiosity discovered some of the ...

Since humanity’s first steps on the Moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central objective of international space agencies, targeting long-term extraterrestrial ...

Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...

Researchers investigated how bacteria, used to create bricks from Martian soil, react to perchlorate, a chemical found on Mars. While perchlorate slowed bacterial growth, it surprisingly resulted in ...