This is because on Mars — where each gram of organic matter, milliliter of water and photon of solar energy is scarce — there can be no inefficiencies. The "waste" products of one part of the ...

Agricultural technologies to grow food on Mars can help address climate change, sustainability and food scarcity challenges.

In 1957, the boundaries between Earth and space were first breached: The USSR launched the satellite Sputnik into space, ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has dropped the tenth and last sample tube that will form a backup "sample depot" on the red planet ...

That’s not all. One of the organic compounds had never been discovered from Mars samples before, according to the release. That compound is called organomagnesium, and it was found in the veins ...

Move over Paddington and Winnie the Pooh. Scientists found a formation resembling the face of a grizzly mammal. Here's why ...

NASA has revealed where samples collected on Mars will be handled once they make it back to Earth. The space agency just announced the launch of its Mars Sample Receiving Project office at Johnson ...

This is because on Mars—where each gram of organic matter, milliliter of water and photon of solar energy is scarce—there can be no inefficiencies. The "waste" products of one part of the ...

It may also help scientists get one step closer to answering one of their big questions: Was there ever life on Mars? In a ...