Elon Musk has big ambitions to colonize Mars by 2050, and a new scientific discovery could make those dreams a reality. A team of scientists have proposed an 'innovative' way to warm the Red ...

Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only ...

The world’s two richest dreamers, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, are now seriously competing in the war for humankind’s future stars. While someone thinks of transferring earthly industry to the heavens- ...

Colonizing Mars is still a pipedream for the time being, but it could be a reality by the end of the century. What would such a settlement be like? Who’d live there and what might be the political ...

though the primary goal for the rocket is to conduct missions to Mars. SpaceX boss Elon Musk has said he hopes to establish a permanent human colony on the Red Planet by 2050, with plans to build ...

An curved arrow pointing right. When it comes to sending rockets to Mars, the biggest hurdle that NASA has faced is the amount of energy needed to carry a very small payload over such a long distance.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sven Bilén, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Throughout history, when pioneers set ...