"Dust devils themselves are difficult to capture in images because they are so short-lived," Ingrid Daubar, a planetary ...

What would the economy of a future Mars society look like, and how could it be self-sustaining while being completely sovereign from Earth and its own economy? This is what a recent study ...

Today's Mars rovers (like Perseverance or Curiosity, pictured here) must work mostly on their own, ...More but future missions could see direct control by astronauts.. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. The ...

As humanity sets its sights on long-duration missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond, keeping astronauts healthy will be as ...

NASA has sent a host of remotely-operated landers, orbiters and rovers to study Mars and bring back geologic samples. While no humans have set foot on the planet, that could change. NASA has ...

Join Scientific American for a conversation about the next steps in humanity’s reconnaissance of Mars. Featuring Casey Dreier, senior space policy adviser at the Planetary Society, and space and ...

What can a NASA Mars rover teach us about the future development of astronaut spacesuits to Mars? This is what NASA’s Perseverance rover, which is currently exploring Jezero Crater on Mars, hopes to ...

In future studies, the team hopes to figure out how to reach, “a completely self-sustainable system using 100% of the local resources on Mars.” This would help make these future colonies more ...

When humanity eventually conquers Mars, the Red Planet will open up many amazing places for future tourists to explore. Magnificent landscapes, mysterious craters, and majestic mountain ranges ...

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As a result, unless future colonies on Mars and the moon are made up of groups with an identical mix of accents, they would likely develop different accents, Harrington said.

Mars and Earth come into alignment every 26 months, so time is one obstacle to President Trump’s pledge to launch astronauts to plant a flag on Mars. There are only two launch windows during his ...