Humanity's exploration of Mars should be organized around the search for signs of past or present Red Planet life, according ...

Ahead of a potential April 1 launch of the Artemis II mission from Florida, here's what to know about NASA's plans to one day ...

Mars has been viewed as a multi-millennial effort to terraform since the inception of the term, but there is new evidence ...

NASA’s much-awaited Artemis II mission is scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, 2026, highlighting humanity's first trip to the Moon after more than 50 years of wait. Currently, the SLS ...

The humans who move to Mars might not remain "human" for very long. Evolution is a powerful force, transcending planetary boundaries. As Rice University biologist Scott Solomon points out in his ...

As the New Scientist Book Club reads Kim Stanley Robinson’s science-fiction novel in April, George Bass digs into why this ...

As the Orion, the world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, counts down to circumnavigating the Moon, that trek could be the forerunner to a cascade of Mars missions in the 2030s. Shown here is a ...

NASA has offered a sneak peek inside its Mars simulation habitat where four volunteers have now spent 150 days isolated from the outside world. By living within the confines of the 1,700-square-foot ...

Space is extremely dangerous, but people can still do more than robotic explorers can – in terms of technical achievements ...