For centuries, humans have mined materials to build the tools we use every day, from batteries and cell phones to planes and refrigerators.

Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.

Volcanoes can produce eruptions so powerful they release oceans of dust and toxic gases into the air, blocking out sunlight for decades.

Researchers created a concrete-like material made of extra-terrestrial dust along with the blood, sweat and tears of astronauts.

NASA announced the successful field testing of new spacesuit technologies for future astronaut science and exploration operations.

NASA has confirmed that its Perseverance rover has succeeded in collecting its first rock sample on Mars.

As scientists prepare for crewed missions to nearby planets and moons, they've identified a need for something beyond rovers and rockets.

Sending human travelers to Mars would require scientists and engineers to overcome a range of technological and safety obstacles.

Designed to build landing pads, roads, and even homes, it could help humans become an interplanetary species.

As NASA prepares for its "next giant leap"—meaning astronauts on Mars—technology developed by 3D printing construction is paving the way

Imagine descending into a cave carved out by lava to work alongside a rover about the size of Spirit and Opportunity on Mars

The space agency is embarking on a ‘one-year analog mission in a habitat to simulate life on a distant world’

A combination of a once-debunked 19th-century identification of a water-carrying iron mineral and the fact that these rocks are extremely...

Parts of Mars may have been habitable for thousands or even a million years, based on analysis of clays found in one of its craters

Either liquid water Is common beneath Mars’ South Pole, or these signals are indicative of something else.

China has set its sights on Mars. It's great to see China stepping up, and committing to goals like landing the first humans on Mars.

China's "Zhurong" rover, part of its ambitious space programme to send a probe to Mars, is set to attempt a landing on the Red Planet