Feature Stories

Curiosity scientists have brought into question a recent report about potential trace fossils in Mars rover images. Astrobiology Magazine reached out to the team and study’s author for further comments.

Life's origins are a mystery to scientists, but every year they get a little bit closer to understanding what made it possible on Earth — and possibly, other planets or moons.

New research finds methane in rock that had been buried deep underground millions of years ago.

The discovery of ancient lake deposits in the driest part of the Saharan Desert confirms that the region was wetter in its past.

A new paper details the striking similarities between ancient sedimentary rocks on Mars and structures shaped by microbes on Earth.

NASA's Curiosity rover has made two of its most important observations on Mars thus far.

After a 10-year and 4-billion-mile journey, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft finally landed a robotic probe on a comet.

Curiosity wasn't the only robotic explorer making headlines this year at the red planet.

An explosive introduction to Europa’s potential for life.

New results from the Curiosity rover support theories that non-acidic water persisted in the Yellowknife Bay region on Mars.