With its vivid turquoise, green and blue waters, it’s no surprise Lake Salda is often promoted as the “Maldives of Turkey.” ...

Planetary scientists in Algeria and Switzerland have developed a scientific instrument that could help hunt for signs of life ...

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

Scientists may finally have a way to detect ancient life on Mars by studying microbial fossils preserved in sulfate minerals.

Scientists found fossil-like traces in gypsum, suggesting ancient microbial life may have existed on Mars billions of years ...

Ever since NASA launched the Mariner 9 orbiter back in 1971, the spacecraft mapped 85 percent of Mars' surface and indicated ...

“And in many ways, it actually felt like standing on the shores of ancient Lake Jezero on Mars.” In space exploration, a planetary analog is a place on Earth that’s considered similar or ...