Mars, Europa and Enceladus are the three most promising locations in the solar system to search for life living off cosmic ...

Mars, Saturn's moon Enceladus, Jupiter’s moon Europa can hold life? Is there any chance? The study has offered new insights ...

Cosmic rays could be a vital source of energy for life on icy moons, on Mars, or even on rogue planets that wander alone between stars; it's possible, scientists say, that the phenomenon could ...

What does it take to demonstrate a radar system is ready to look through the frozen crust of a distant moon when the ultimate test is impossible on Earth? NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft had the ...

This represents a major technical and strategic validation of Heliospace’s engineering, technology and contributions to space ...

The traditional astrophysical recipe for life as we know it is quite simple: Get a rocky, gas-shrouded world in a “habitable zone” orbit around a star so that it’s not too hot or too cold. Then just ...

A repurposed Mars rover tool could unlock the simplest test yet for detecting alien life, offering a faster, cheaper path to discovery.

Mars, Europa offer best chance to find ET, scientists say By William Harwood September 29, 2015 / 2:44 PM EDT / CBS News ...

NASA's Europa Clipper captured a rare infrared image of Mars with its moons, Phobos and Deimos, during a flyby en route to Jupiter.

Europa Clipper’s three main scientific objectives are to: confirm the existence and characterize the nature of water within or beneath the ice and the processes of surface-ice-ocean exchange, ...

A curious red Martian rock nicknamed Sapphire Canyon has scientists excited, as its spotted appearance hints at possible organic origins. On Earth, researchers tested a powerful laser technique, ...