Since Viking 1 landed in 1976, humans have studied Mars from afar, relying on rovers and orbiters to analyze the planet. But ...

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

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Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful ...

With 3I/ATLAS streaking away from our planet, speculation remains as to whether the interstellar comet is alien or not.

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...

The goal should be a new golden rule linking the search for life elsewhere to the spread of life beyond the bounds of Earth.

Then researchers placed blastoids and embryos donated after infertility treatments inside the little device and watched it ...

Revolutionary fossil evidence from Ethiopia is challenging decades of scientific consensus about human origins. New discoveries suggest that the famous Lucy fossil, long considered a direct ancestor ...