Search for Life Archive
16 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
A rundown of the prolific mission's most memorable finds to date.
16 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
There's a chance the prolific instrument could recover from its recent malfunction, officials say.
15 May 2013, 04:01 PM ET
More than 800 extrasolar planets have been discovered.
15 May 2013, 03:44 PM ET
The Kepler spacecraft has been a prolific exoplanet tool, but a mechanical failure has sealed its fate, NASA says.
15 May 2013, 04:30 AM ET
The Mars Orbiting Space Telescope could help assess the Red Planet's potential to host life, advocates say.
12 May 2013, 07:56 AM ET
From images of an unplanned spacewalk to smartphone pics of Earth from space, don't miss these amazing space photos of the week.
12 May 2013, 12:34 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
10 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Mission scientists want to confirm the exciting results from the rover's first drilling operation.
09 May 2013, 12:25 PM ET
See images and photos of the strange new worlds around the star HR 8799 128 light-years from Earth.
09 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Congress wants an update on the search for planets like our own.
08 May 2013, 12:40 PM ET
A recent study explores how atmospheric pressure on Earth-like worlds could impact their ability to support liquid water.
06 May 2013, 03:40 PM ET
NASA's Curiosity rover should help clarify Mount Sharp's origins in the coming months.
05 May 2013, 09:03 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
04 May 2013, 12:14 AM ET
From a 'bullet' hitting the ISS to a monster storm on Saturn, don't miss these amazing space photos of the week.
02 May 2013, 02:01 PM ET
Many different types of exoplanets could potentially support life, MIT's Sara Seager says.
02 May 2013, 02:01 PM ET
NASA and the European Space Agency are doubling down in the search for alien planets.
02 May 2013, 02:01 PM ET
An alien planet orbits a star other than our sun, and is sometimes called an "exoplanet." Learn more about the types of alien planets, including exoplanets and extrasolar planets, and get the latest news.
02 May 2013, 02:00 PM ET
Super Earths are the most common planets in the solar system, but there are none around the sun.
02 May 2013, 01:16 PM ET
A brief rundown of the main techniques scientists use to find far-flung worlds.
02 May 2013, 12:33 PM ET
Tests of the mysterious skeleton, believed by some to be an alien, have so far revealed only human DNA.
01 May 2013, 09:00 AM ET
The effort aims to start giving popular names to the hundreds of planets known beyond our solar system.
01 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
The prolific instrument may soon lose its ability to lock precisely onto target stars.
30 April 2013, 12:30 PM ET
Each mosaic was stitched together using at least 20 images taken by the rover itself.
29 April 2013, 06:45 AM ET
The half-frozen, half-oceanic worlds might be good places to look for alien life.
