Sending humans to Mars or beyond may capture the imagination, but the reality is harsh. The human body struggles in low gravity, high radiation, and confined artificial habitats, making prolonged ...

A composite view of the Earth constructed by NASA from multiple satellite images Editor at Large Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and ...

NASA and Nokia, the Finnish telecom, announced a partnership to put a 4G cellular communications network on the moon, a key ...

As space travel advances, colonization of other planets edges closer to reality. But should we spread to other parts of the galaxy? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Arthur Clarke, screenwriter for the blockbuster film "2001: A Space Odyssey," has been resurrected as an advanced OpenAI chatbot to help map out the transformation of Mars into a new Eden for humanity ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A new life awaits you in the off-world ...