An international team of researchers has discovered an unusual iron sulfate on Mars, which may turn out to be a previously unknown mineral. The compound was found in ancient sulfate deposits near the ...

Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an ...

When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good idea of where to look.

Humans could have come from Mars, scientists have said. A study by Johns Hopkins University has found that alien microbes ...

Here in southern New England, the land of four distinct seasons, spring is on our doorstep. This month's vernal equinox, the moment the sun crosses the equator from south to north, comes at 10:46 a.m.

For decades, scientists have debated whether Mars once had a large ocean. Images from orbiters have shown valleys, channels ...

A potential new mineral on Mars forms when iron sulfates are heated above 100°C. Data from Valles Marineris regions suggest ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

For more than a decade, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been climbing a Martian mountain, reading the planet’s ancient history layer by layer. Now, a discovery of web-like rock for ...

Sifting through 180,000 observations, the team found a single event. We may have detected a whistler wave on the Red Planet.

As part of the Screen-Life-Balance initiative, the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth is launching the programme MoVe ...

A Missouri University of Science and Technology student helped train future scientists.Hickman High School Graduate Chase Stem is the leader of the World Champ ...