NASA's next Mars rover is just one month away from launch By Mike Wall published 20 June 20 The launch of NASA's next Mars rover, the life-hunting, sample-caching Perseverance, is just a month away.
NASA's next Mars rover carries tribute to healthcare workers fighting coronavirus By Mike Wall published 17 June 20 NASA's next Mars rover will bear to the Red Planet a tribute to brave healthcare workers fighting a pandemic here on Earth.
Is the Milky Way harboring dozens of intelligent alien civilizations? By Chelsea Gohd published 17 June 20 Are dozens of intelligent extraterrestrial civilizations lurking right in our home galaxy?
NASA delays launch of Mars rover Perseverance to July 20 By Mike Wall published 11 June 20 The liftoff of the Perseverance Mars rover has been pushed back three days to deal with a faulty crane at the launch site.
Life on Mars? Meet the new rover built to give us the answer By Roger Wiens published 3 June 20 NASA's Curiosity rover has shown that Mars was habitable billions of years ago. And NASA is about to launch another rover, called Perseverance, to look for signs of Red Planet life.
Ready, SETI, go: Is there a race to contact E.T.? By Leonard David published 21 May 20 Researchers using China's huge new FAST radio telescope are piecing together a technological strategy to carry out a major and sweeping search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
Mars may be wetter than we thought (but still not that habitable) By Mike Wall published 12 May 20 Mars is wetter than previously thought, but not in a way that boosts its life-hosting potential, a new study suggests.
Could life thrive on hydrogen-rich alien worlds? By Chelsea Gohd published 4 May 20 Life can thrive in a 100% hydrogen atmosphere, according to a new study. The finding could completely change our understanding of how (and where) life might exist in the universe.
Building blocks of life found in famous Mars meteorite By Mike Wall published 30 April 20 The famed Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001 contains 4-billion-year-old organic molecules, the carbon-containing building blocks of life as we know it, a new study suggests.
Meet Ingenuity: Alabama teen names NASA's pioneering Mars Helicopter By Mike Wall published 29 April 20 The little chopper that will launch toward the Red Planet this summer with NASA's Mars 2020 rover Perseverance is named Ingenuity.
'UFO' videos declassified by US Navy By Mindy Weisberger published 28 April 20 Three videos captured by U.S. Navy pilots show unidentified aircraft flying at hypersonic speeds.
'PANOSETI' prototypes: Ambitious alien-hunting project deploys 1st two telescopes By Leonard David published 23 April 20 The first two prototype telescopes for the ambitious PANOSETI project are up and running.
Newfound alien planet may be most Earth-like yet By Mike Wall published 15 April 20 Scientists analyzing archival data gathered by NASA's defunct Kepler spacecraft just found a hidden gem: an Earth-size world that may be capable of supporting life as we know it.
Live Science podcast 'Life's Little Mysteries' 16: Mysterious Aliens By LiveScience Staff published 15 April 20 In this episode of Life's Little Mysteries, we'll take a closer look a scientific mystery that's a favorite topic here at Live Science: aliens.
Could Mars samples brought to Earth pose a threat to our planet? What the coronavirus (and 'Andromeda Strain') can teach us. By Leonard David published 8 April 20 NASA and the European Space Agency plan to haul pristine Mars samples to Earth in the near future. Should we worry about a possible 'Andromeda Strain' scenario?
Here's how Europe's JUICE spacecraft will look for alien oceans By Meghan Bartels published 8 April 20 One of the top priorities for scientists looking to find life beyond Earth is determining which icy worlds in the outer solar system hide massive global oceans under their frozen surfaces.
Next stop, Enceladus? Scientists make their case for a mission to Saturn's icy moon By Meghan Bartels published 6 April 20 NASA is headed to Saturn's largest moon, Titan — but some scientists hope to convince the agency to send another mission to Titan's neighbor, Enceladus, to look for signs of life.
Future space telescopes may probe Titan-like exoplanets By Nola Taylor Tillman published 26 March 20 Planets like Saturn's moon Titan, one of the most potentially habitable places in the solar system, could reveal their secrets to future telescopes.
Planetary defense against asteroids joins NASA's menu for next decadal survey focus By Meghan Bartels published 17 March 20 Planetary scientists and astrobiologists are gearing up for a major survey process that will dictate NASA's priorities throughout the 2020s.
