This video explores the gap between reaching Mars and actually building a human life there. It argues that the real challenge ...

Astrophysicist and science writer Adam Becker discusses why the dream of life on Mars may be out of reach, maybe for centuries to come.

Somewhere right now, in a conference room full of planetary scientists, an argument is quietly raging. On one side: the Mars ...

Metal-rich asteroids could one day become hardware stores for Mars, supplying the materials needed to build and repair a ...

SpaceX’s Starship is a completely reusable launch vehicle with massive lifting capability. It consists of two stages: the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft. Both of these stages are ...

When it comes to a timeline for putting humans on Mars, SpaceX SPCX CEO Elon Musk and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman have ...

Although Musk recently explained on X that he first wanted to build a settlement on the Moon, this does not mean that he has abandoned the goal of colonizing Mars. He has merely postponed his original ...

Either SpaceX's board members are just as delulu, or they're confident this goal is unachievable so they won't have to dole out the pay package. Reading time 2 minutes Elon Musk now has another reason ...

Recently, NASA announced that the Mars Perseverance rover has found indications that life may have at one time existed on the Red Planet. The announcement did not mark the first time the space agency ...

The SpaceX board will grant Elon Musk 1 billion SpaceX shares if he can get a colony of 1 million humans on Mars.Kevin Carter/Getty Images An astrophysicist is giving Elon Musk's dream of life on Mars ...