Tiny pits, webbing patterns, and a dusting of nanoparticles are not what most people picture when they think about farming.

When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced a pivot from Mars to the moon, one detail of his plan caused eyebrows to raise. Musk ...

Elon Musk has repeatedly emphasized that no matter how financially successful SpaceX may be, the company will have failed in his eyes if the primary objective – the colonization of Mars – ...

Musk’s science fiction dream of human life on Mars finally met his pocketbook. The accountants burst his bubble by explaining that the moon is a cheaper option. And he gets US Gov. taxpayer funds so ...

On the martian surface, would the moons Deimos and Phobos be visible to the unaided eye? David De RooSilver Spring, Maryland Mars' moons are easily visible at night from the surface of the Red Planet.

Scientists show recycled human waste can unlock nutrients in Martian dust, offering a new path for farming on Mars.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced Sunday that his company had “shifted focus” from taking humans to Mars to building a ...

A look at the debate over building a city on the Moon or Mars, covering scientific findings, mission timelines and challenges discussed on the Fiction Science podcast.

Elon Musk recently announced that SpaceX is putting Mars colonization on the back burner. Instead, he plans to build a cosmic city much closer to home.

A space probe flying past Mars captured images of the red planet's small, mysterious moon. While on a flyby of Mars, Hera was able to use three of its imaging instruments to capture images of Deimos, ...

The Moon to Mars exhibit will allow children to build their own rockets, hover over another planet in the Orion spacecraft, ...