Could we feed a city on Mars? This question is central to the future of space exploration and has serious repercussions on ...

A Martian city could be imagined as a lush green place, with hydroponics and soil-bound crops filling tunnels, carpeting ...

An international team of researchers has found a diversity of organic matter in the Martian meteorite Tissint that hit the ...

In 1957, the boundaries between Earth and space were first breached: The USSR launched the satellite Sputnik into space, ...

That’s not all. One of the organic compounds had never been discovered from Mars samples before, according to the release. That compound is called organomagnesium, and it was found in the veins ...

While the prospects of space farming bear a degree of promise, there are a number of reasons why it won’t be particularly ...

In a press release on Tuesday, NASA said the nuclear thermal rocket engine could one day be used for NASA crewed missions to Mars. Both agencies will collaborate on the Demonstration Rocket for ...

This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has good reason to be proud. It's almost done building the very first sample depot on ...

Agricultural technologies to grow food on Mars can help address climate change, sustainability and food scarcity challenges.

Agricultural technologies to grow food on Mars can help address climate change, sustainability and food scarcity challenges.