Who are the best stars for Mars? Computational social scientists at George Mason University have published a new paper that reveals the ideal types of Earthlings to inhabit Mars upon the red planet’s ...

Jake Korell’s debut novel 'The Second World' envisions a newly independent Mars shaped by real space-policy debates, ...

SYFY's The Ark (streaming now on Peacock!) imagines a future, just a century from now, when humanity is embarking on its first expeditions to another star system. And when you’re going someplace that ...

When you think of colonies on other planets, you probably think of large groups of people congregating in colony bases like you've seen in science fiction movies and shows. However, a new study claims ...

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 ...

As humanity's interest shifts to the far-off promise of Mars, a team of computational social scientists from George Mason University tells us about the optimal recipe for kickstarting a thriving human ...

Humanity’s dream of settling on Mars is becoming more achievable, thanks to major strides in space exploration. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, believes a sustainable human presence on the Red Planet is ...

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 ...

In recent decades, the red planet has gone from being a distant object of study to becoming the main target of human ...

One of the plotlines for season 4 of the hit TV series “For All Mankind” is an attempt to use a Mars colony as a base to mine the asteroids of the main belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It ...

Can we use the planetary environment of Mars to help power a future colony on the Red Planet? This is what a recent study published in Device hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how ...