Somewhere right now, in a conference room full of planetary scientists, an argument is quietly raging. On one side: the Mars ...

SpaceX’s Starship is a completely reusable launch vehicle with massive lifting capability. It consists of two stages: the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft. Both of these stages are ...

The colonization of Mars is a real possibility for the not-too-distant future. A big question that author Michael Shermer and ...

Although Musk recently explained on X that he first wanted to build a settlement on the Moon, this does not mean that he has abandoned the goal of colonizing Mars. He has merely postponed his original ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last week, the Trump administration released a presidential budget request that would cancel almost all NASA science missions in ...

The SpaceX board will grant Elon Musk 1 billion SpaceX shares if he can get a colony of 1 million humans on Mars.Kevin Carter/Getty Images An astrophysicist is giving Elon Musk's dream of life on Mars ...

Biological limits A sustainable Mars colony will need to include raising children there, but childbirth would be very risky on Mars. (Courtesy: iStock/Denis Art) “It’s hard to say when exactly sending ...

Elon Musk has repeatedly emphasized that no matter how financially successful SpaceX may be, the company will have failed in his eyes if the primary objective – the colonization of Mars – is not ...