Planetary scientists are eager to bring Red Planet rocks, soil and even air to Earth, but critics fear the risk of contaminating our world’s biosph

When I thought about life already existing on other planets, it felt like more of a sci-fi pipe dream.

The space agency’s Perseverance rover spotted the metal foil-like item during a routine wander.

Evidence suggests that carbon nanotubes, tiny tubes consisting of pure carbon, could be forged in the envelopes of dust and gas surrounding dying s

Signal came from, which was published in Cambridge University's peer-reviewed International Journal of Astrobiology.

The report, published by Science and Technology Daily -- the official newspaper of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology -- said the signa

Some experts and even some of NASA's own leadership warn such an investigation could put the space agency's good name at risk.

Mission hints space rocks could have made life possible on Earth - Asteroids like Ryugu could have gifted Earth its water and the building blocks f

The Hayabusa2 spacecraft made by JAXA has returned samples from the Ryugu asteroid that contain 23 different types of amino acids.

Asteroid dust collected by a Japanese space probe contains organic material that shows some of the building blocks of life on Earth may have been f

The Pentagon has catalogued a number of UFO sightings over the past few decades. Now, NASA is getting involved

But, what other extraterrestrial proof have seen recently, and has there been proof of life outside the earth?

On Thursday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it's going to start working on a report about Unidentified Aeria

Researchers believe they've found the chemical process that gave rise to RNA, and not only is it remarkably simple, it could have happened on

Scientists at the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution announced today that ribonucleic acid (RNA), an analog of DNA that was likely the firs

More than fifteen months after landing in Jezero Crater on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally begun its hunt for ancient life in earnest.

The schedule for Okeanos Explorer in FY24 has not yet been set.

A new commission by Sean Procyk that takes shape as a floating platform for experimentally propagating hardwood and softwood trees

What if we thought of our ancestors as a form of alien life?

A Mars sample return mission and launching a complex mission to Uranus are both top priorities, according to the recently released decadal survey f

Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings t

Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing, “A Review of the Decadal Strategy for Planetary Science and Astrobiology 2023-2032.” Thank you to our

The Astrobiology program of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has reportedly unveiled its new RCN (Research Coordination Network

A worldwide network of astrobiologists will be brought together to research how life evolved on the early Earth from single-celled organisms, like