Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

British filmmaker says he has been given 'rare access' to the Vatican's secret archives and that the Church is getting ready ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

A recent breakthrough in astrobiology has led to the discovery of what is being touted as the ‘strongest evidence yet’ of life beyond Earth. This revelation, centered around the detection of specific ...

Last month, NASA’s Perseverance rover discovered the “clearest sign of life that we’ve ever found on Mars,” according to acting NASA administrator Sean P. Duffy. While traveling across the rugged ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In the late 1800s Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli pointed a telescope at Mars ...

Could we really be on the verge of discovering life on other planets? Maybe. And the case is growing stronger by the day. It’s not just a hunch—there’s hard data to back up the claim that we may not ...