David Alexander, the director of the Rice Space Institute, talks about SpaceX's Starship tests and the eventual goal of going ...

Mars, for all its flaws — and there are many, including radiation, dust storms, and unbreathable air — is the only planet in ...

When it comes to the question of which planet humanity could one day call home, the obvious choice might seem to be Mars. But ...

NASA may be approaching the discovery of biological life in Mars. The space agency confirmed the DNA signal they received and ...

For one year, starting this fall, four humans will live inside and simulate life on Mars in a 3-D printed habitat right here ...

Four volunteers will live in a 3D printed Mars simulation on Earth for a year so that NASA can prepare for an upcoming Mars ...

A repurposed Mars rover tool could unlock the simplest test yet for detecting alien life, offering a faster, cheaper path to discovery.

The idea of a Mars colony has captured the imaginations of many, with visions of humanity becoming an interplanetary species. But before we buy into the dream of living on Mars, it's crucial to ...

In the 1960s, humans set out to discover what the red planet has to teach us. Now, NASA is hoping to land the first humans on ...

Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic exploration of Mars, with an eventual human mission to the red planet likely to happen one day, it is hard to imagine a time when Mars was a mysterious ...