Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If humans are ever to land on Mars, they will need somewhere to stay—a protective shell that can shield them from the sun’s harsh ...

Getting humans to Mars is one thing — keeping them alive there is the real challenge. In this video, we break down what early Mars housing could actually look like, and why it won’t be shiny domes and ...

In the same message, he signaled that Mars is still the destination SpaceX wants, but that the Moon is the faster path to ...

Elon Musk doesn't just want to send astronauts to Mars — he wants to send your kids too. The SpaceX founder, who's spent years trying to make life "multiplanetary," shared an update in May that felt ...

The research, led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has been published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One.

SpaceX's new focus on lunar development sees Elon Musk envisioning a thriving city on the Moon within ten years while still ...

Perchlorate, a toxic substance found in Mars dirt, could help the bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii strengthen bonds between particles of regolith.

Damian Bailey is supported by grants from the European Space Agency, SpaceX and Royal Society Wolfson Research Fellowship. He is Editor-in-Chief of Experimental Physiology and outgoing Chair of the ...

Scientists confirm that clocks on Mars run faster than on Earth and will change global space navigation in the future ...

If humans are ever to land on Mars, they will need somewhere to stay—a protective shell that can shield them from the sun’s harsh rays. One possible answer: great, glassy domes of ice. Mars is rich in ...