Imagine you've just gotten to Mars as part of the first contingent of settlers. Your first challenge: build a long-term habitat using local materials. Those might include water from the polar caps ...

Mars' abundant ice offers a revolutionary solution for future human settlements. Scientists propose using this frozen water ...

A lichen that grows like powder dusted on a rock. Image by Tigerente - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 A lichen that grows like powder dusted on a rock. Image by Tigerente - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 NASA’s next ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has found an intriguing menagerie of organic molecules in a Martian crater, but their source remains unclear. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, researchers think they have a good explanation for a warmer, ...

There is a new development from researchers centering on deploying robots on different planets that astronauts would soon explore, and their main task is to seek shelter for their human companions.

When people are dropped into the most dangerous of conditions – as when disaster strikes, or during exploration of another planet – they generally have the highest number of needs and the lowest ...