A study published this week in the journal Nature Astronomy presents evidence that the asteroid Ryugu contains all five of the nucleotide bases that make up the genetic code. That includes the ...

NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Dr. Nicola Fox explains an intriguing rock that the Perseverance rover inspected named "Cheyava Falls." Credit: NASA ...

NASA has offered a sneak peek inside its Mars simulation habitat where four volunteers have now spent 150 days isolated from the outside world. By living within the confines of the 1,700-square-foot ...

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are in quarantine for the third time, preparing for a historic April mission around the moon.

There's more evidence that water once flowed on Mars with the discovery of an ancient river delta deep below the surface.

Current science news highlights include a probable meteor event over Ohio and Pennsylvania, which resonated with onlookers from Virginia to Canada. Additionally, NASA's Perseverance rover has revealed ...

New ground-penetrating radar scans by NASA's Perseverance Rover have revealed an ancient Martian river that may have hosted life.

The spark that transfers a charge from one carbon particle to another, generating lightning and possibly life itself, is finally understood.

The latest evidence that Mars was once a warmer, wetter world comes from a surprising place—the hidden subsurface depths of ...

NASA has detected something unusual on Mars — organic compounds and strange patterns that, on Earth, are often linked to ...

The buried structures are found under a deposit known as the Margin unit, rich in magnesium carbonates. The team found that the buried structures suggested multiple erosional and depositional episodes ...

Two microscopic grains collide and produce a tiny spark. This phenomenon may have provided the energy to kick off life on Earth. But if these solid particles have the same composition, what factor ...