Billions of years ago, environmental conditions on Mars were significantly more hospitable than they are today. Our ...

In the early 1960s, the independent scientist James Lovelock worked as a consultant for NASA developing ways to analyse extraterrestrial atmospheres. This work led him to the dramatic conclusion that ...

Have you ever had your cheek fat measured? I have. I wish it was just cheek fat. I also hopped on a 360-degree body scanner and had a pair of metal calipers taken to my knee, chin, stomach, hips, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Apr 25, 2025, 08:11pm EDT Apr 27, 2025, 05:35pm EDT This ...

This week, the Curiosity rover found large carbon deposits on Mars, suggesting an ancient carbon cycle. Researchers exploring the domestication of cats believe they may have originally pounced out of ...

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has collected its 24th sample of Jezero Crater. The 'Comet Geyser' sample is "great for ...

Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres. In 2020, scientists detected a gas called phosphine in the atmosphere of an ...

In groundbreaking work, a team has developed a new ecological biosignature that could help scientists detect life in vastly different environments. When scientists hunt for life, they often look for ...