Fresh lava looks like the last place anything could live, yet biologists are now finding microbial communities moving in almost as soon as the rock cools. Those hardy pioneers are not just a curiosity ...

LOS ANGELES - A researcher has spotted lava flows shaped like coils of rope near the equator of Mars, the first time such geologic features have been discovered outside of Earth. These twisty volcanic ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and university partners are building a case for sending four-legged robots, modeled on the ...