Who are the best stars for Mars? Computational social scientists at George Mason University have published a new paper that reveals the ideal types of Earthlings to inhabit Mars upon the red planet’s ...

How many humans would it take to run a long-term Mars outpost? It’s a fascinating question that’s deceptively difficult to answer given the sheer number of variables, from the logistics of breathable ...

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 ...

Five hundred years is a long time, even for human civilization. That’s why it is significant and worth considering that the colonization of space, which finally appears to be on the near horizon, is a ...

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.” ...

Can we use the planetary environment of Mars to help power a future colony on the Red Planet? This is what a recent study published in Device hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how ...

A concept image of an astronaut on Mars. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to have a city of a million people on Mars by 2050. That may sound astronomically ambitious considering humans have never set foot ...

Humanity’s dream of settling on Mars is becoming more achievable, thanks to major strides in space exploration. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, believes a sustainable human presence on the Red Planet is ...

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

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 ...