Scientists have developed a new material from a mineral abundant on Mars that they claim could open the door to sustainable habitation on the red planet. Researchers assessed the potential of a type ...

For years, popular culture has treated a human settlement on Mars as an almost inevitable next chapter, a matter of engineering and willpower rather than fundamental limits. Astrophysicist Neil ...

Elon Musk has spent nearly two decades rallying SpaceX fans around his goal of colonizing Mars, something world governments aren’t currently attempting — in part because of the unfathomable price tag ...

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America must create the law that will govern the colonization of space. In his inaugural address, President Donald J. Trump said: The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, ...

How difficult will it be for future astronauts on Mars to establish a sustainable settlement? This is what a recent preprint submitted to Elsevier hopes to address as Dr. Florian Neukart, who is an ...

When it comes to the question of which planet humanity could one day call home, the obvious choice might seem to be Mars. But ...

Barack Obama hit out at Silicon Valley tycoons' aspirations to colonize Mars. Earth would be more liveable than Mars "even after a nuclear war" and climate change, he said. It comes as Elon Musk and ...

Last weekend, Elon Musk provided an update on SpaceX’s plans to send humanity to Mars. His goal was succinctly summarized by the title of his presentation: “Making life multiplanetary.” The ...

The desert moss Syntrichia caninervis is a promising candidate for Mars colonization thanks to its extreme ability to tolerate harsh conditions lethal to most life forms. The moss is well known for ...

With Starship one step closer to a potential launch, Elon Musk told Joe Rogan how life on Mars could work. After months of waiting, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has officially completed ...

It is not afraid of cold, heat, or radiation. It is an ordinary moss but could contain enormous potential to conquer other planets. A study published in the journal "Science Direct" found that the ...