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 ...

When Elon Musk founded SpaceX (which is currently one of the most valuable private companies in the world), he did so with the dream of setting up colonies on Mars. A lofty goal, mostly because we've ...

The vision of Mars colonization is moving from science fiction into real-world planning, with multiple space agencies preparing for long-term human presence. Modern Mars missions focus on testing ...

Elon Musk's long-standing ambition to build a human colony on Mars may be running into a very human obstacle. New research ...

Photo screenshot: WHAS11 YOUTUBE/ Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars Blue Origin pulled off a spectacular achievement Thursday, successfully launching two NASA ...