“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy in a statement. “The identification of a potential biosignature on the Red Planet is a groundbreaking discovery, and one that will advance our understanding of Mars.”

A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to discover a former star that exploded millions of years ago.

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered some of the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars, and scientists say ordinary geology may not fully explain them.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has just come face-to-face with a mystery that has haunted scientists from a distance for years. While orbital satellites first spotted strange, web-like patterns on the

NASA's iconic Discovery space shuttle, which launched dozens of times from Florida's Space Coast, may not be on the move to a new location for display after all. Lawmakers in Texas have long sought to relocate the historic spacecraft to the Johnson Space ...