The European Space Agency's project "A Sign in Space" revealed that citizen scientists could be vital in deciphering signals from extraterrestrials.
It was unclear how NASA would ultimately reconcile the seeming paradox of using similar technology for spaceflight systems to accomplish something never done before.
While the discovery of life on Mars has been tantalizing for decades, some of the most feasible options for inhabited bodies in space are the icy moons of the solar system's gas giants.
New theory bridges Mars and Earth: BGU-Aarhus study reveals groundbreaking theory on sand ripples shared by Mars and Earth.
Those layers provide unmistakable evidence that soil sediments carried by water were deposited at Jerezo Crater and its delta from a river that fed it, just as they are in lakes on Earth.
Self-proclaimed UFO and alien expert Scott Waring says a NASA image depicts a small, indistinct figure with a pink body sitting on Mars.
Scientists have found the "holy grail of astrobiology": An AI-based method that can spot evidence of life in any given sample, and could be used to find traces of life on Mars.
A new discovery shows how the distinctive pattern of mud cracks on Mars offer the first real evidence of wet-dry cycles that could support life.
Astrobiology professor suggests 1970's NASA mission might have detected and unintentionally extinguished life on Mars.
An agreeable personality type was found to be the best fitted to survive on the Red Planet.