The Martians” by David Baron explores how 19th-century businessman and amateur astronomer Percival Lowell fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars.

A new book explores how Americans came to believe in an advanced Martian civilization at the turn of the twentieth century.

The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-of-the-Century America,” explores a fascinating cultural phenomenon, ...

In The Martians, journalist David Baron recounts scientific and public debate over purported intelligent life on the Red Planet.

Scientists have long been preparing humans for life on Mars and the dream might come true by the end of this decade.David ...

The discovery of peculiar formations resembling “dinosaur eggs” on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover has sparked excitement and ...

Four volunteers will live in a 3D printed Mars simulation on Earth for a year so that NASA can prepare for an upcoming Mars ...

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

For one year, starting this fall, four humans will live inside and simulate life on Mars in a 3-D printed habitat right here ...