Ever since humans gazed at the night sky, we’ve been drawn to that tiny reddish dot hovering above. Mars has captivated our ...

give the Mars robot projects an Apollo-scale budget (or even a substantial fraction thereof) and I ‘ll bet it would be astonishing what they could accomplish. The mission advantages of not having to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential ...

WASHINGTON — The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National Academies report concludes. The report, A Science Strategy for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even the world's richest man has a soft spot for a greasy cheeseburger. But when it comes to life on Mars? Don't expect fries with ...

The purpose of the workshop, titled “Green Mars”, was to develop an “up-to-date perspective on the feasibility of terraforming Mars”.

Let's all recall that in the Moon landings, no science was performed by the Astronauts. Apollo was a magnificent geopolitical success, but the science was in the surface sample returns that were ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...