We're hurtling toward a new era of mega-rockets with enough power to send colonists to the red planet, but should we?

This will also prepare us to safely send the first human explorers to Mars ... Another challenge is designing a Mars Ascent ...

Mars is an attractive candidate for colonization for several reasons. It is relatively close to Earth, with journeys taking ...

We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise ... “NASA’s plan, in the long run, is to go live and work on Mars,” he says, and they’ll ...

On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s ...

Mars is a strange place and any humans born there are bound to look radically different over thousands or even hundreds of ...

“Although it is a bit strange, blood can ... Mars. But researchers also suggest that another, more outlandish contender could be AstroCrete, a modern form of Roman concrete that contains ...

Nasa has teamed up with Darpa to create a nuclear-powered rocket of the future Credit: Nasa Nasa nuclear rocket Mars is far away – around 140 millions from Earth on average. That means getting ...