Somewhere right now, in a conference room full of planetary scientists, an argument is quietly raging. On one side: the Mars ...

Although Musk recently explained on X that he first wanted to build a settlement on the Moon, this does not mean that he has abandoned the goal of colonizing Mars. He has merely postponed his original ...

A pristine white rocket stirs up the dusty terracotta surface of Mars, coming in for a smooth landing. A hatch opens, and two rovers make their way across the rugged orange-red terrain. There are no ...

Metal-rich asteroids could one day become hardware stores for Mars, supplying the materials needed to build and repair a ...

According to Musk, once SpaceX starts launching its Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) rockets to Mars, it will take “40 to 100 years to achieve a fully self-sustaining civilisation” on the Red ...

Recently, NASA announced that the Mars Perseverance rover has found indications that life may have at one time existed on the Red Planet. The announcement did not mark the first time the space agency ...

Mars still holds the promise of being one of the first places in the solar system humanity will colonize. However, if there was evolutionarily distinct, extant life on the planet, it might sway the ...

When it comes to a timeline for putting humans on Mars, SpaceX SPCX CEO Elon Musk and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman have a difference of opinion. That could be due to a huge financial incentive ...

Highly detailed view of the red planet Mars isolated on black background, showing rugged rocky terrain, craters, canyons and ...