Andy Weir's bestselling story " The Martian " predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and collaborated with the China ...

Possible Martian colonies could be sustained in part by a super resilient desert moss species known as Syntrichia Caninervis, a study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed.

Mars has a cold, desert-like climate with a thin atmosphere that supports extreme temperature variations, from highs of 68 °F ...

Mixing Martian regolith with the literal blood, sweat, and tears of future Mars inhabitants could make for a great concrete for a habitat.

MAVEN (short for "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution") had a front-row seat for the spectacular showing of auroras over Mars. But the way that auroras are created in the Martian atmosphere is much ...

Mars, on the other hand, has soil and water ice on its surface. The challenge on Mars will be developing an agricultural system that can sustain crops in Martian conditions.

Eventually, as Mars became more life-friendly to Earthlike organisms, colonists could introduce more complex plants and even animals. Providing oxygen, water and food in the right proportions is ...

As humanity increasingly looks to the stars, the dream of establishing sustainable colonies on Mars becomes more realistic. A significant breakthrough in this direction was recently made by scientists ...

"On Mars, our city will physically and functionally mimic a forest, using local Martian resources such as ice and water, regolith (or soil), and sun to support life," MIT postdoctoral researcher ...

A study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified a super resilient desert moss species, Syntrichia Caninervis, that could help sustain possible colonies on Mars. Even after losing more than ...

Never-before-seen 'extreme' microbes surrounded NASA robot before it was sent to Mars 18 years ago, new study reveals 'The Martian' predicts human colonies on Mars by 2035. How close are we?

Digital versions of the maps are available on Ordnance Survey's Flickr account, but the group has also printed a physical version for British scientist Dr Peter Grindrod, who is aiming to land a ...