Elon Musk wants to set up a colony on Mars by 2050, so he started his SpaceX company to achieve that. Obsessed with finding new planets in case humans will screw up Earth, Musk has no idea how hard it ...

Future Mars inhabitants may be able to use one resource on Mars they hadn’t anticipated to power future exploration of the planet, according to a new study. By tapping into wind power, space agencies ...

Elon Musk’s ambitious vision for the future of space exploration involves Tesla’s Optimus robots pioneering the construction of a Martian colony by 2026. This bold plan leverages the advanced AI ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks about making humanity a multi-planet species by founding a Mars colony, he gets positively mystical about his desire to “preserve the light of human consciousness.” ...

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 ...

Only about two dozen astronauts are enough to build and maintain a Mars colony, according to a new study, which suggests this low number – compared to previous estimates of about 100 people – can ...

Scientists estimate just two dozen pleasant people could be the minimum number of astronauts it could take to build an otherworldly residence. Reading time 2 minutes It might only take 22 people to ...