Speaking to SpaceX employees in Texas, Musk described the goal of sending humans to Mars as essential “for the long term survival of civilization." Under his vision, humans would not just step ...

The core of the Red Planet may be filled with sulfur. New experiments have shown that the core of Mars formed much faster than Earth's core, thanks to molten iron and nickel sulfides seeping down ...

The concept of terraforming Mars — transforming the planet's climate to support life as we know it — has long belonged to the realm of science fiction. But a new study argues that it's time to ...

U.S. President Donald Trump wants to tap the private sector to pave the way for human missions to Mars in a proposal that closely aligns with the goals of Elon Musk. The White House's 2026 budget ...

A NASA rover ambling over the red desert planet for the past four years has been recording audio of Mars. In this alien world 156 million miles away in space, even the everyday whispers of wind ...

Mars, the other world, followed a different path. Today the Martian surface is hostile to life as we know it, but as this scientific story goes, Mars may have once hosted a rich abundance of microbes.

Undaunted by this latest setback, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced in a talk shared yesterday, May 29, that the company would be sending “millions of people” to Mars, in order to create a “sel ...

Elon Musk has said that he believes there is a 50 percent chance that his Mars spacecraft will make its first uncrewed voyage to the red planet at the end of 2026, just two days after the latest ...

Elon Musk announced at Starbase, Texas, that SpaceX aims to launch its first uncrewed mission to Mars by late next year using the fully reusable Starship system. His long-term goal is to build a ...

During a recent talk, the rocket billionaire remained intent on launching Starship to Mars during an upcoming window in 2026. He also awkwardly mentioned that humanity would need to move to the ...