Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

A recent photo from NASA's Curiosity rover gives an idea of what Mars would look like under skies that resemble our own on ...

Evidence is mounting that the same basic chemistry that made Earth habitable is unfolding, or once unfolded, on Mars. From ...

New research explores how microbes could turn Martian soil into building material and support life systems, offering a potential path for constructing human habitats on Mars using local resources ...

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ...

The potential for sending payloads and people to Mars is therefore becoming plausible in a way that it never has before. Mars ...

As global warming continues and space technology improves, there is more and more talk about the growing possibility of a sci-fi future in which... This is what living on Mars could do to the human ...

Most plans for space colonization focus on Mars or the Moon. But there’s another idea that avoids their biggest problems ...

Another view from Perseverance shows how windswept Mars' landscape truly is.

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...

Lucy Berthoud receives funding from UK Space Agency and UKRI. I have been researching the possibility of living on Mars for several years. But it took an invitation to give a talk about space at HMP ...