Mars and Venus, two planets with distinctly unique characteristics, also differ significantly in their placement within the ...

Case in point, the aptly-named startup Max Space recently unveiled plans for its private space habitat, dubbed Thunderbird ...

Scientists studying volcanic eruptions in Iceland say microbes begin colonizing new lava flows faster and more predictably than once thought.

Mars lacks both a global magnetic field and a thick atmosphere, leaving its surface exposed to constant bombardment from ...

Dr Shiva Khoshtinat is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering 'Giulio Natta' at Politecnico di Milano. With an interdisciplinary background ...

As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

In 20 years, you could be holidaying on Mars. That’s according to Elon Musk, who thinks one million Earthlings, some born ...

Scientists propose using Mars' abundant ice as a construction material, providing insulation, radiation protection, and reducing reliance on Earth supplies.

Thunderbird is a single-module space station that is designed to expand to a volume of 12,360 cubic feet (350 cubic meters) ...

The world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, the Orion, is set to speed astronauts around the Moon, a trek that could ...

President Trump signed an executive order to return to the Moon by 2028 and prepare for Mars, a move seen as a direct ...

Not even the strongest microbes can survive volcanic eruptions, but they are capable of returning surprisingly quickly, ...