Reading the "Mars Trilogy" by Kim Stanley Robinson brings the benefits and pitfalls of efforts to terraform the red planet ...

"Mars’ wind has often carved odd shapes into the surface through a combination of physical and chemical weathering processes.

Jomathan Hughley says rapid innovation will come from the push for more research and long-term structures in space, including on the moon and Mars.

Spread the loveThe quest for life on Mars has taken a giant leap forward with the introduction of a groundbreaking semi-autonomous walking robot. This innovative technology, developed by researchers, ...

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Future missions will need longer expiration dates and grow-it-yourself options. Luckily, labs around the world are working on ...

NASA officials have previously spoken of the possibility of extraterrestrial life amid scientific uncertainty while ...

The “alien” is actually a potato. Specifically, it is a purple tuber nicknamed Spudnik-1, grown and photographed by Pettit.

Assembly Theory shifts the search for life from identifying specific molecules to measuring chemical complexity, offering a ...

From Calle’s habitat, known as MDRS, the cotton candy sky against the red rocks of the Western United States “felt like Mars, ...

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

This artistic illustration shows the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star system, home to seven Earth-sized exoplanets, several of which lie within the star’s habitable zone. In the foreground is TRAPPIST-1 b, ...