One of the first challenges for anyone settling on Mars would be to address those key issues and gather what resources they can from the seemingly barren planet – known as ‘in-situ resource ...

Scientists have identified another possible commonality between Earth and Mars: a solid inner core. Scientists have ...

SpaceX, the private space travel company run by Elon Musk, has just released details of its plans to send a human colony to ...

Fluid-rock interactions on ancient Mars may have produced abundant magnetic minerals that preserved unusually intense records ...

More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had liquid water on its surface. After the planet lost much of its ...

Musk himself has said that he plans to use the natural resources on Mars to 'terraform' its existing atmosphere and make the planet warmer, wetter and overall more like Earth. This study suggests ...

Water once existed in abundance of at the surface of Mars. How much of that water has been stored in the planet's crust is still unclear, according to a new analysis.

The ISS crew is researching some of the logistical challenges that the long journey to Mars would present. "How do we sustain ourselves? We can't pack all the resources we need on a trip to Mars ...

The same greenhouse gasses that pollute the Earth would be key to warming Mars. The following options are among the methods being considered. For safety reasons, the settlers may need to leave the ...

Present-day Mars is a barren and inhospitable planet, but it may have once had sandy beaches and tranquil ocean vistas. According to findings published on February 24 in the Proceedings of the ...

Their life detection experimental findings still reverberate within the scientific community – fueling the on-going discussion on a key question: Is there life on Mars? Fast forward to today ...

We chose the tech lifestyle, which requires more power, and now we have to secure the resources and stabilize our future. Landing on Mars and establishing a robotic colony will require government ...