Search for Life Archive
15 March 2013, 11:00 AM ET
Curiosity is not yet ready to start the trek to Mount Sharp.
14 March 2013, 09:43 AM ET
The seven-year journey to Saturn begins.
13 March 2013, 06:39 PM ET
The two-year mission of the one-ton rover is to find out if Mars is, or was, capable of supporting life.
13 March 2013, 12:37 PM ET
Most attempts to define it come up short, scientists say.
13 March 2013, 06:29 AM ET
See photos of the discovery and analysis of rock samples by NASA scientists using the Mars rover Curiosity.
13 March 2013, 06:00 AM ET
The Red Planet was habitable long, long ago, scientists say.
12 March 2013, 07:13 PM ET
Answers to a few basic questions about the Curiosity rover's latest discovery.
12 March 2013, 01:40 PM ET
A look at the major steps forward in searching for life on Mars.
12 March 2013, 01:30 PM ET
Missions to Mars have searched, but haven't found definite proof of life past or present.
11 March 2013, 01:28 PM ET
Life elsewhere in the universe might not be as plentiful as some scientists think.
11 March 2013, 12:47 PM ET
The Space Foundation invited students from around the world to submit original artwork with the theme, "If I were going ... "
11 March 2013, 10:34 AM ET
We have yet to detect a signal from an alien civilization -- so scientists are thinking up novel (and often extreme) ways we may make first contact.
10 March 2013, 05:02 PM ET
From the galaxy's oldest known star to a big red moon, don't miss these amazing space pictures.
10 March 2013, 02:33 PM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
07 March 2013, 02:00 PM ET
Impacts may have delivered the complex molecules needed for life to get started.
06 March 2013, 02:03 PM ET
Determining habitability is more complicated for exomoons than exoplanets.
06 March 2013, 06:40 AM ET
Europa's ocean seems to have contact with the surface, making all sorts of chemical reactions possible.
05 March 2013, 11:05 AM ET
Two-part series follows an alien invasion of Earth from start to finish.
05 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
The 1-ton robot is out of safe mode and may be back in action as early as this weekend.
03 March 2013, 10:00 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
01 March 2013, 11:18 PM ET
From a Buzz Aldrin in the eye of a needle to Mount Etna's eruption , don't miss these amazing space pictures.
01 March 2013, 12:42 PM ET
A small robotic submarine the size of a baseball bat helped researchers get their first look at an Antarctic lake trapped under thick glacial ice. For the first time water from a subglacial revealed signs of life when samples were taken in Feb 2013.
28 February 2013, 05:30 AM ET
The upcoming James Webb Telescope could be the ideal instrument.
27 February 2013, 09:49 AM ET
Since the 1960s, humans have invaded our neighboring planet Mars with swarms of spacecraft. Only half of the attempts ever succeeded.
