SpaceX’s development of Starship marks a pivotal step in realizing Elon Musk’s long-standing ambition to colonize Mars. Exploring the motivations behind this audacious project and the technological ...

For years, popular culture has treated a human settlement on Mars as an almost inevitable next chapter, a matter of engineering and willpower rather than fundamental limits. Astrophysicist Neil ...

Last week, the Trump administration released a presidential budget request that would cancel almost all NASA science missions in order to focus on putting humans on Mars. It's mainly a showy, ...

Editor's note: All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. Rovers on Mars have made exciting finds and ...

Biological limits A sustainable Mars colony will need to include raising children there, but childbirth would be very risky on Mars. (Courtesy: iStock/Denis Art) “It’s hard to say when exactly sending ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Mars Colony: Challenger Mars Colony: Challenger is a 3D first / third person game that offers you the challenge of setting up a remote base on the surface ...