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If you find yourself wanting more after yesterday's highly-anticipated total solar eclipse, don’t fret. In just 2,422 days, or approximately seven years, another “once in a lifetime” event will occur in the United States....

Will Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, be the next rock humans aspire to reach after visiting Mars? According to new research published today in Science Advances, possibly so...

By Irene Klotz, Space.com Contributor, Original Story on Space.com Here An artist’s impression of a nuclear power system, consisting of four separate fission reactors, for Mars habitats. Credit: NASA/Kilopower As NASA...

Long gone are the days of dreaming about space travel and seemingly impossible inventions, thanks to science and geniuses such as Elon Musk, fantastical goals are turning into everyday realities...

Future Mars dwellers may actually be able to use locally-sourced materials for their buildings. Four University of California, San Diego engineers were able to press Mars-like dirt into bricks in a study funded by NASA. No...

A group of researchers from the University of Arizona, in collaboration with NASA scientists, have created an innovative inflatable greenhouse to help feed astronauts on other planets...

Food and transportation aren't the only aspects of a mission to Mars scientists must consider. Limited cargo space means to obtain tools or similar items, astronauts may need to make use of resources available on the red...

Most of us at this point in human history can only dream of journeying to Mars. But Freedomes and SunCity Camp are making that experience almost possible with a dome tent camp in Wadi Rum, Jordan - close to where the 2015...

What will humans eat on Mars? It's a daunting question: the red planet's frigid average temperature is around negative 80 degrees Fahrenheit and its thin atmosphere is comprised of 95.32 percent carbon dioxide. But not to...

If you’ve ever wanted to get up-close and personal with Mars, check out this incredible video recently released by NASA that shows the Red Planet’s surface in stunning detail...

NASA's racked up some thrilling new finds about Mars lately, and they're at it again. The Curiosity Rover discovered manganese oxides on the red planet. The seemingly simple find actually has mind-boggling implications: ancient...

1. A second mini moon circling Earth The moon has figured prominently in our culture, popping up in songs, poems, and literature throughout the centuries. So NASA's confirmation that there's a second moon piqued the curiosity...

Back in March, scientists from the Netherlands' Wageningen University successfully grew ten different crops in Mars-like soil provided by NASA. But there was a catch: they couldn't eat the food. They worried it contained...

A new study has found that Mars is emerging from an ice age that ended about 400,000 years ago. While scientists have long believed that the planet has undergone several rounds of ice ages in the past, there have been few...

Of the many words used to describe Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, ‘ambitious’ is one of the most common and perhaps the biggest understatement. Following last week’s launch (and successful drone-ship landing) of the...