For decades, scientists have scoured Mars for even the faintest trace of life—and now, an intriguing, speckled rock may have ...

A fragment of ancient reptile skin discovered in an Oklahoma cave is changing what scientists know about early life on land. Dated to nearly 300 million years ago, this fossilized skin is now ...

Southeast Asian people mummified their died by smoke-drying them, creating 14,000-year-old mummies that are twice as old as ...

"The results reported here can be crucial when down-selecting which samples, if not all, are returned to Earth." ...

During a press conference today, NASA presented findings from the initial analysis of a Martian geological sample, touting it ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars stumbled upon rocks last year that scientists think may show signs that Mars once hosted ...

A sample obtained by NASA's Perseverance rover of rock formed billions of years ago from sediment on the bottom of a lake ...

Researchers have dated the mysterious skull from Petralona Cave in Greece to 300,000 years ago and concluded that the fossil ...

Scientists report that they may have found Martian minerals that on Earth are formed by microbes in oxygen-free, muddy ...

The discovery by the six-wheeled rover in Jezero Crater represents one of the best pieces of evidence to date about the ...

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars may have potentially been ...

A centuries-old tradition may soon find a place in modern medicine. Researchers have discovered that a simple breathing exercise involving a conch shell can ease symptoms of a common sleep disorder.