A research team from the Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), the Department of Environmental Process ...

A new study by NASA scientists explores the risks and challenges of human reproduction in space, especially for long missions to Mars.

Twenty-four students from across Wyoming will have an opportunity this summer to explore the interdisciplinary sciences as they relate to a mission to Mars during the Teton STEM Academy scheduled ...

A documentary explores how Tesla drivers serve as unpaid beta testers of the company's self-driving cars while Elon Musk focuses on his long-term goal: colonizing Mars.

Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific Reports. Treating simulated lunar soil with both symbiotic fungi and ...

Why do scientists and space agencies want to colonize Mars? One reason is that the planet has several Earth-like features, including polar ice caps and a day length similar to ours. Evidence of water ...

Before you think of intergalactic spiderlike creatures, the geological frameworks, called boxwork, are called spiderwebs because of what they look like from space. The spiderwebs are low ridges with ...

The new head of NASA predicts a manned mission to Mars in 10 years. Hosted by Ross Douthat Produced by Victoria Chamberlin Mr. Douthat is a columnist and the host of the “Interesting Times” podcast.

Composite images of Mars taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2024. Thin clouds of water ice, visible in ultraviolet light, give the Red Planet an icy appearance. The frigid north polar ice cap was ...

When Elon Musk founded SpaceX (which is currently one of the most valuable private companies in the world), he did so with the dream of setting up colonies on Mars. A lofty goal, mostly because we've ...