New research presented at the COSPAR space conference in Florence points to possible signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, ...

Earth’s neighbor still has secrets that science is trying to figure out, and one of them is potential signs of life.

A half-century after the Viking landers touched down on the Red Planet, the debate over whether they found signs of life ...

A research team led by Shenzhen University says eight newly studied Martian caves that appear to have been cracked open by volcanic drama were also likely sculpted by ancient water. If there was water ...

July 20, 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of Viking 1, the first spacecraft to successfully land and operate on the surface of Mars. Viking carried the first experiments designed to search directly for ...

LIGHTHAVEN, ONE kilometre down Telegraph Avenue from the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, is a rambling conference facility which dedicates itself to “hosting events and programmes ...

Humanity has dreamed about discovering life on alien planets for as long as we have dreamed about visiting other worlds. Since Mars is the closest planet to Earth we can feasibly visit (hopefully by ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The idea of humans living on Mars is closer to reality than it’s ever been. On Feb. 13, Elon Musk’s SpaceX ferried an ...

It was America’s bicentennial, July 4, 1976, and NASA was hoping not to see fireworks. After a 10-month traverse through space, the Viking 1 lander was ready to become the first spacecraft to operate ...