Tesla's Optimus robots will be used to explore the surface of Mars, Elon Musk confirmed today. The humanoid robots, which were initially pitched as household assistants in October last year, will ...

While ascending Mount Sharp, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has had to swing around a small ridgeline dubbed "Devil’s Gate." ...

The molecules, while not a direct sign of life, still signal the existence of complex chemistry on the Red Planet.

Mars just threw us another curveball. NASA’s Perseverance rover recently uncovered a surprising rock formation. On the lower ...

Researchers bombarded these hybrid lifeforms with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a strange, alien world. Covered in rivers and lakes of liquid methane, icy boulders and ...

A recent experiment has shown that certain lichen species can remain metabolically active in an environment similar to that ...

A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by Nasa ...

Some of the unusual rocks carry stories about water on Mars. One has hints of long-gone microbes. All tell of a dynamic, complex planet.

Nighthawk would fly to altitudes of up to 4,920 feet (1,500 meters) above the Martian average, covering distances of up to ...

Lichens have survived Martian conditions in an unprecedented scientific experiment. This discovery opens new perspectives on ...

Our editors on the exhibitions they’re looking forward to this month, from Olivia Erlanger and Phuong Ngo to the expansion of ...