Missions to colonize Mars may not be as far away as you think, though current plans rely heavily on the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence.

Is colonizing Mars even possible? This video explores this crucial question with insights from Bill Nye and the team at The ...

For years, Elon Musk has patronized the idea of expanding human consciousness and colonization of the Mars planet as he ...

The author, George Dvorsky, writing in Gizmodo, describes humankind’s ambitions to colonize the Red Planet as “lofty,” yet without an appreciation of the challenges, sometimes intractable, that we ...

Mars has always been one of the most intriguing possibilities for outer space exploration. It was once considered a potentially habitable planet, making it a prime target for the hunt for life beyond ...

Barack Obama took a shot at the likes of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos by saying that Earth would be more liveable than the red planet "even after a nuclear war." Speaking on Wednesday, the former US ...

(Newser) - Looks like Mars and the moon contain huge lava tubes that offer protection from solar radiation and meteors—which makes them possible homes for future explorers, LiveScience reports. A new ...

Musk wants to send the first uncrewed Starship to Mars by the end of 2026, followed by human spaceflights in the years after. The first humans on Mars would be tasked with laying the groundwork to ...

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 ...

Models help scientists understand everything from the particles that make up the universe to massive superstructures of galaxies at the beginning of time. But sometimes they model more mundane, though ...

In 2014, all the major news outlets were swept up in the Mars One Project’s promise of colonizing Mars. It was exciting and captured the world’s imagination, even while scientists regularly pointed ...