Mars

NASA is gearing up for the launch of an important mission to Mars, involving the unmanned but highly advanced Space Launch System...

Mars might be one of the most inhospitable planets for humans, but it doesn't have to be. As a team from MIT just proved, life on...

Despite all the love that NASA's Curiosity rover has gotten since its deployment, a newer model will be touching down on Mars in...

Visiting Mars without leaving your living room sounds like something Elon Musk might've dreamt up in college, but thanks to NASA...

Don't you just hate it when your expensive piece of electronic equipment breaks and it's not covered by a warranty? It could be worse...

Exploring Mars just got a whole lot easier.   One does not simply fly to Mars using borrowed tech from other space missions. Before...

Mars has never been an easy destination, and exploring the Red Planet may be even harder than previously thought, according to a...

We know Elon Musk really wants to put people on Mars — it turns out he wants them to be comfortable too. In addition to existing...

When popular culture examines what life might be like on Mars, one consistent theme comes up: big-headed, bug-eyed grey aliens...

One of the more comforting facts about volcanoes on Earth is that they don't exactly spring up overnight.The process of volcanic...

Earlier this week, Elon Musk made a lot of noise about having a big announcement on the horizon that he was particularly pleased to...

There are a lot of missions to Mars currently in the works, but not all prioritize comfort for travelers.The 68th International...

Despite The Martian showing us all just how crummy life on Mars would actually be, plenty of people around the world still have a...

One of the next stamps on humanity's galactic passport is Mars, but before we can get an astronaut there, we have to make sure they're...

Don't believe everything you read online--especially when it's a state-run media outlet that claims its government has a new tank...

The problem with space is that it's really, really big. There's a lot of dead space in between all the interesting bits, and that...

We’ve covered all kinds of stories where sci-fi tech crosses over into real world, from the winners of the Tricorder XPRIZE to...

There are tons of reasons why we can't live on Mars just yet, even ignoring the unfinished challenge of actually moving some people...

Many scientists will wholeheartedly agree that climate change is the most pressing threat facing humans today. Legendary theoretical...

We're sure that a great lot of you would jump for joy at the chance to visit Mars. A largely unexplored alien planet with the...