The mission to colonize Mars has captured the imagination of scientists and enthusiasts alike. With NASA and SpaceX leading the charge, the once distant dream of establishing a human settlement on the ...

Elon Musk is putting his dreams of colonizing Mars on hold. Instead, the world's richest man said SpaceX, his commercial rocket company, will turn its attention a little closer to home: the moon. The ...

If you're banking on Earth being around forever, Elon Musk has some grim news: we're living on borrowed time—and the sun has the final say. In a recent interview on Fox News' "Jesse Watters Primetime, ...

In 2035, if you were going to colonize Mars, what single book would you take for comfort and peace? A fascinating question ...

Elon Musk recently announced that SpaceX is putting Mars colonization on the back burner. Instead, he plans to build a cosmic ...

Editor's note: All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. Rovers on Mars have made exciting finds and ...

Musk’s vision for cities on the moon and Mars is an attempt to make science fiction a reality.

That’s exactly what a study published today in Science Advances sought to do. The researchers exposed mice aboard the ISS to ...

What makes colonizing Mars a good idea? Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy Is probably the best example but it mostly uses the backdrop of Mars as a plot device ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elon Musk is putting his dreams of colonizing Mars on hold. But the moon, where even NASA aims to return astronauts as early as ...

Hence why Musk is starting to want to take SpaceX public. Gotta keep the grift going as long as possible. It's not bad business. They have a self-profitable customer who can write off losses without ...