When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL In 1975, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft entered orbit around Mars, carrying a ...

No place on Earth has the exact conditions we see on Mars. Scientists believe the Red Planet once had rivers with flowing water. Today, though, the planet’s surface is an arid wasteland with an ...

The idea of Mars being host to extraterrestrial life, either currently or long ago in the past, has beguiled scientists for centuries. The discovery of frozen water on the Red Planet gave scientists ...

Anyone ready to “live their best life as a Viking?” No, not those purple and yellow Minnesota ones — Vikings in Sweden. Excellent news: a curious, and cool, opportunity to own a property that will ...

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