Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

Scientists have discovered traces of organic molecules on the Red Planet and are not ruling out the possibility that they were produced by living organisms.

Before the first human boot sinks into Martian dust, an army of machines will have already been at work for years, testing the air, carving out shelter and assembling the hardware that keeps people ...

We will soon get to a point where the human race will expand to other celestial bodies in the solar system. The prime targets for colonization are the Moon and Mars, and plans are already being ...

A bee-like robot currently under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is part of a new generation of bots inspired by creepy crawlies. The machine, which weighs less than a ...

It’s all very impressive. At the end of its video presentation. LimX suggests that Tron 2, or a robot very much like it, would be ideal for future Mars missions due in part to its high level of ...

Scientists are using robots to explore underground lava tunnels, offering a safer way to prepare for future human missions in ...